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 Kingsley 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 Kingsley 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 Kingsley 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 Kingsley Corners: Kingsley Cors.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Kingsley 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 Kingsley Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kingsley Corners:
- Dane County (The home county of Kingsley Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsley Corners, with the one closest to Kingsley Corners listed first.
- Waunakee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Waunakee is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
- Ashton Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ashton Corners is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton Corners
- Ashton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Martinsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Dane
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dane is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Middleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
- Pheasant Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Mendota
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mendota is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
- Shorewood Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shorewood Hills is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Maple Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maple Bluff is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Darwin is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Cross Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsley Corners, with the one closest to Kingsley Corners listed first.
- Lodi
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Arlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Harmony Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Okee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- North Leeds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Lake Wisconsin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Keyeser
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keyeser is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyeser
- Poynette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Poynette is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- Otsego
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Rio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Wyocena
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wyocena is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Former names for Wyocena:
- Duck Creek
- Wiocena
- Doylestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Dodge County
- Astico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Astico is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsley Corners, with the one closest to Kingsley Corners listed first.
- Dayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- New Glarus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Attica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Monticello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsley Corners, with the one closest to Kingsley Corners listed first.
- Cassell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Arena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Barneveld
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Hyde
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Helena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Ridgeway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Moscow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hollandale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Pleasant Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsley Corners, with the one closest to Kingsley Corners listed first.
- Waterloo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
- Lake Ripley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ripley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ripley
- Lake Mills
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsley Corners, with the one closest to Kingsley Corners listed first.
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Cooksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Evansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Evansville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kingsley Corners, with the one closest to Kingsley Corners listed first.
- Prairie du Sac village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Sac village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,426 people
- Sauk City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sauk City is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,498 people
- Merrimac
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Moon Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Witwen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Denzer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Baraboo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- West Baraboo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Leland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- North Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Plain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Spring Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Rock Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kingsley Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Kingsley Corners.
Cemeteries Near Kingsley Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kingsley 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 Kingsley Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kingsley Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kingsley Corners, with the one closest to Kingsley Corners listed first.
- Kingsley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. John's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kohlman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Vienna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Bernards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Roxbury Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Matsen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Onehundred Mile Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sunset Memory Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Middleton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Madison.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87944 <1>
- Resurrection Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Resurrection Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Madison.
- The Resurrection Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #343777 <1>
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 Kingsley Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kingsley Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kingsley Corners, with the one closest to Kingsley Corners listed first.
- Waunakee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Waunakee is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
- Ashton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Springfield Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Springfield Corners is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Corners
- Middleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
- Pheasant Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Mendota
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mendota is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
- Dane
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dane is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Norway Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Norway Grove is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Grove
- Cross Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- West Middleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Darwin is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Windsor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Windsor is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Marxville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marxville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
- DeForest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- DeForest is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kingsley Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kingsley Corners.
Newspapers Published in Kingsley 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 247 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kingsley Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kingsley Corners, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kingsley Corners.
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 helpful 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 Kingsley Corners:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dodge County
- Green County
- Iowa County
- Jefferson County
- Rock County
- Sauk 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 Kingsley 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kingsley Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |