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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 Hoffman Corners (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 Hoffman Corners. 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 Hoffman Corners ...
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 Hoffman Corners: Hoffman Cors.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Hoffman Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hoffman Corners.
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 doctors and 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.
Hoffman Corners is located in Dane 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 Dane County: Columbia, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Rock & Sauk.
Below are the counties that are near Hoffman Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hoffman Corners:
- Dane County (The home county of Hoffman Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Corners, with the one closest to Hoffman Corners listed first.
- Door Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Door Creek is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Creek
- Deerfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,540 people
- Cottage Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Rockdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Cambridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cambridge is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,538 people
- Pierceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pierceville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Stoughton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stoughton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,218 people
- McFarland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- McFarland is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,291 people
- Monona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Monona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,164 people
- Burke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burke is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Dunkirk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dunkirk is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Albion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Albion is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Corners, with the one closest to Hoffman Corners listed first.
- Keyeser
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Keyeser is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyeser
- Columbus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- North Leeds
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Arlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Fall River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Otsego
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Lodi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Doylestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Englewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Poynette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Poynette is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
- Rio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Corners, with the one closest to Hoffman Corners listed first.
- Astico
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Astico is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
- Reeseville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Reeseville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 673 people
- Lowell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Clyman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clyman is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Corners, with the one closest to Hoffman Corners listed first.
- Dayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Attica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Albany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Albany is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
- Mineral Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- New Glarus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Monticello
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Brodhead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brodhead is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Corners, with the one closest to Hoffman Corners listed first.
- Lake Ripley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Ripley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ripley
- Lake Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
- Waterloo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
- Carcajou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Carcajou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carcajou
- Lake Koshkonong
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Koshkonong is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Koshkonong
- Milford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Fort Atkinson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fort Atkinson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,372 people
- Jefferson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,037 people
- Johnson Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Johnson Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,065 people
- Grellton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grellton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grellton
- Cold Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Spring is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Helenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Helenville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helenville
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Farmington is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Corners, with the one closest to Hoffman Corners listed first.
- Cooksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Edgerton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Edgerton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,595 people
- Fulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fulton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Indianford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Indianford is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianford
- Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Milton Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Junction is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Junction
- Evansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
- Milton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Milton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,643 people
- Magnolia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Lima Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lima Center is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Center
- Footville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Footville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Janesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Janesville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,664 people
- Hanover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hanover is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Walworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffman Corners, with the one closest to Hoffman Corners listed first.
- Whitewater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whitewater is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,993 people
- Richmond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hoffman Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Hoffman Corners.
Cemeteries Near Hoffman Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hoffman Corners.
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 Hoffman Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hoffman Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hoffman Corners, with the one closest to Hoffman Corners listed first.
- Liberty Prairie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- West Koshkonong Lutheran Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hauge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Skaalen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McFarland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Side Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Ripley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pierceville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Albion Prairie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- Blooming Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Roselawn Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wheeler Prairie Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Hoffman Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hoffman Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hoffman Corners, with the one closest to Hoffman Corners listed first.
- Nora
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Nora is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Door Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Door Creek is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Creek
- Utica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Utica is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Deerfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deerfield is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,540 people
- Cottage Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Rockdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Vilas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vilas is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
- Stoughton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stoughton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,218 people
- Pierceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pierceville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Cambridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cambridge is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,538 people
- London
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- London is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hanerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hanerville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanerville
- Albion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Albion is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Marshall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marshall is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hoffman Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hoffman Corners.
Newspapers Published in Hoffman Corners ...
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 198 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hoffman Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hoffman Corners, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hoffman Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hoffman Corners:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dodge County
- Green County
- Jefferson County
- Rock County
- Walworth County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <2> | 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 Hoffman Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hoffman Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |