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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 Klevenville (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 Klevenville. 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.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Klevenville 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 Klevenville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Klevenville:

  • Dane County     (The home county of Klevenville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Klevenville, with the one closest to Klevenville listed first.
    • Mount Horeb
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
    • Cross Plains
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Cross Plains is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
    • Verona
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Verona is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
    • Elvers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Black Earth
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Mounds
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
    • Middleton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Middleton is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
    • Paoli
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashton Corners
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Ashton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pheasant Branch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
    • Basco
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Martinsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Columbia County
  • Green County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Klevenville, with the one closest to Klevenville listed first.
    • New Glarus
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Dayton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Monticello
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Attica
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Mineral Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Mineral Point is located in Green County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
    • Albany
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Albany is located in Green County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
    • Monroe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Monroe is located in Green County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,426 people
  • Iowa County
  • Lafayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Klevenville, with the one closest to Klevenville listed first.
    • Blanchardville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Argyle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Argyle is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
    • Woodford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Wiota
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Richland County
    • Lone Rock
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Lone Rock is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
  • Rock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Klevenville, with the one closest to Klevenville listed first.
    • Union
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Cooksville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Evansville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Evansville is located in Rock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
    • Magnolia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sauk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Klevenville, with the one closest to Klevenville listed first.
    • Sauk City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Sauk City is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,498 people
    • Prairie du Sac village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Witwen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Green
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Green is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
    • Merrimac
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Merrimac is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
    • Moon Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Denzer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Leland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Plain
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Plain is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Klevenville, see our County-by-County Page for Klevenville.

Cemeteries Near Klevenville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Klevenville.

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 Klevenville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Klevenville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Klevenville, with the one closest to Klevenville listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Klevenville had a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Klevenville, with the one closest to Klevenville listed first.

  • Riley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Riley is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
  • Pine Bluff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Pine Bluff is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
  • Mount Horeb
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
  • Mount Vernon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mount Vernon is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
  • West Middleton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • West Middleton is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
  • Cross Plains
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Cross Plains is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
  • Verona
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Verona is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
  • Elvers
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Primrose
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Primrose is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
  • Black Earth
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Blue Mounds
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
  • Forward
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Forward is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Paoli
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Middleton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Middleton is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
    • Montrose
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Montrose is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Klevenville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Klevenville.

Newspapers Published in Klevenville ...

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 248 newspapers that have been published in the area around Klevenville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Klevenville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Klevenville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Klevenville:

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 Klevenville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Klevenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.