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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 occur.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 may 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)
      • Sandusky is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
    • Loganville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Loganville is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
    • Lime Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Ironton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Ironton is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
    • Reedsburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
    • Rock Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
    • La Valle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • La Valle is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
    • Plain
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Plain is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
    • Leland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Leland is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
    • North Freedom
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • North Freedom is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
    • Denzer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Denzer is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
    • Witwen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Witwen is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
    • Spring Green
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Spring Green is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
  • Adams County
    • Plainville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Plainville is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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)
      • Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
    • Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
    • Lake Wisconsin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
    • Okee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Okee is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
    • Harmony Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
    • Lodi
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Lodi is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
      • 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)
      • Mazomanie is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
    • Black Earth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Black Earth is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
    • Marxville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Marxville is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
    • Elvers
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Elvers is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvers
  • 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)
      • Muscoda is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
    • Blue River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Blue River is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
      • 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)
      • Helena is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Cassell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cassell is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
    • Avoca
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Avoca is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
    • Arena
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Arena is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
    • Hyde
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Hyde is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
    • Ridgeway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
    • Highland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Highland is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
    • Barneveld
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Barneveld is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
  • 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)
      • Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
    • Union Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Union Center is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
    • Lyndon Station
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
    • Elroy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Elroy is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
    • Lemonweir
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
    • Mauston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Mauston is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
  • Monroe County
    • Kendall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Kendall is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
  • 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)
      • Cazenovia is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Neptune
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Neptune is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
    • Bear Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bear Valley is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
    • Ithaca
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ithaca is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
    • Aubrey
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Aubrey is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
    • Hub City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Hub City is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
    • Sextonville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Sextonville is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
    • Richland Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Richland Center is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
    • Gillingham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Gillingham is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
    • Woodstock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Woodstock is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
    • Yuba
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Yuba is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Lone Rock
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Lone Rock is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
    • Bloom City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Bloom City is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
  • 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)
      • Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
    • White City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • White City is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Trippville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Trippville is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
    • Mount Tabor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
    • La Farge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • La Farge is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
      • 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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Hill Point - one of the links might be able to help.

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)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Tuckertown Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Blakeslee Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Westfield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • St. Peter Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ward Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Big Willow Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (237 more) ...
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Concord Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Loyd Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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.<1>

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)
    • Sandusky is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
  • Loganville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Loganville is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
  • Lime Ridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
  • Loyd
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Loyd is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
  • Keyesville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Keyesville is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyesville
  • Cazenovia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cazenovia is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
  • Neptune
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Neptune is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
  • Ironton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Ironton is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
  • Bear Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bear Valley is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
  • Reedsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
  • Ithaca
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ithaca is located in Richland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
  • Plain
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Plain is located in Sauk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Leland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Leland is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
    • La Valle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • La Valle is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
    • Denzer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Denzer is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer

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]<2>. 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 start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hill Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.