Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Hill Point (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Hill Point. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Hill Point ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hill Point: Hill Pt.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Hill Point is located in Sauk County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sauk County: Adams, Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Juneau, Richland & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Hill Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hill Point:
- Sauk County (The home county of Hill Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Point, with the one closest to Hill Point listed first.
- Sandusky
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Loganville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loganville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Lime Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Ironton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Reedsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Rock Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- La Valle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Plain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Leland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - North Freedom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Denzer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Witwen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Adams County
- Plainville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Plainville
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Point, with the one closest to Hill Point listed first.
- Wisconsin Dells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Lake Wisconsin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wisconsin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Okee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Harmony Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Lodi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Point, with the one closest to Hill Point listed first.
- Mazomanie
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Black Earth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Marxville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Elvers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Point, with the one closest to Hill Point listed first.
- Muscoda
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Blue River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Point, with the one closest to Hill Point listed first.
- Helena
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Cassell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Avoca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Arena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Hyde
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Pleasant Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Ridgeway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Highland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Barneveld
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Point, with the one closest to Hill Point listed first.
- Wonewoc
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Union Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Lyndon Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyndon Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Elroy
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Lemonweir
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Mauston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Monroe County
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Point, with the one closest to Hill Point listed first.
- Cazenovia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Neptune
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Bear Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bear Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Ithaca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Aubrey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Hub City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Sextonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sextonville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Richland Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Gillingham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Yuba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Lone Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Bloom City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hill Point, with the one closest to Hill Point listed first.
- Hillsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- White City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Trippville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trippville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Mount Tabor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- La Farge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hill Point, see our County-by-County Page for Hill Point.
Cemeteries Near Hill Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hill Point.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hill Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hill Point, with the one closest to Hill Point listed first.
- Eiffmeyer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eiffmeyer Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eiffmeyer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Tuckertown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tuckertown Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tuckertown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Blakeslee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blakeslee Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blakeslee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Westfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westfield Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Peter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Ward Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ward Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ward Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Big Willow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Willow Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big Willow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (237 more) ...
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concord Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concord Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Loyd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loyd Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Loyd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Paul Cemetery
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Hill Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hill Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hill Point, with the one closest to Hill Point listed first.
- Sandusky
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Loganville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loganville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Lime Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Loyd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Keyesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keyesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyesville
- Keyesville is located in Richland County
- Cazenovia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Neptune
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Ironton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Bear Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bear Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Reedsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Ithaca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Plain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Leland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - La Valle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Denzer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Leland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hill Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hill Point.
Newspapers Published in Hill Point ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 131 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hill Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hill Point, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hill Point.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Hill Point:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Sauk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Columbia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dane County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Grant County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Iowa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Juneau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Monroe County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Richland County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Vernon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Adams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Sauk County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Sauk County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hill Point. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sauk County: www.co.sauk.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hill Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hill Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hill Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4244, Longitude: -90.1126 In this case, the coordinates for Hill Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |