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 Lakeview (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 Lakeview. 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 Lakeview ...
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.
Another variation: Lake View.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lakeview. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lakeview.
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.
Lakeview 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 Lakeview. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lakeview:
- Dane County (The home county of Lakeview)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Syene ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Syene is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syene
- Fitchburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Oregon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oregon is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,731 people
- Oak Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hall is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hall
- McFarland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- McFarland is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,291 people
- Monona
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Monona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,164 people
- Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Pilgrim Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim Village is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Village
- Stone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stone is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Brooklyn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,484 people
- Basco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Basco is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basco
- Paoli
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Paoli is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Keyeser
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Keyeser is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyeser
- Lodi
(24 miles [38.6 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
- North Leeds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Arlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Harmony Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Okee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Poynette
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Lake Wisconsin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Dayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Attica
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- New Glarus
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Albany
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Albany is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
- Mineral Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Monticello
(19 miles [30.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Monroe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,426 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Barneveld
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Moscow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Cassell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Hollandale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Arena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Lake Ripley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lake Ripley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ripley
- Carcajou
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Carcajou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carcajou
- Lake Koshkonong
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lake Koshkonong is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Koshkonong
- Lake Mills
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Fort Atkinson
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Milford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Cold Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cold Spring is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Johnson Creek
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Lafayette County
- Blanchardville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Cooksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Evansville
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Fulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Magnolia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Edgerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Edgerton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,595 people
- Indianford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Indianford is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianford
- Footville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Footville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Orfordville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Orfordville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
- Milton Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Junction is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Junction
- Hanover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hanover is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Milton
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Janesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Janesville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,664 people
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Prairie du Sac village
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lakeview, see our County-by-County Page for Lakeview.
Cemeteries Near Lakeview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakeview.
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 Lakeview - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lakeview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Holy Mother of Consolation Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Mound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McFarland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Roselawn Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Story Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rutland Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Blooming Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Resurrection Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Paoli Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (180 more) ...
- Frenchtown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Skaalen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lakeview had a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lakeview, with the one closest to Lakeview listed first.
- Syene ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Syene is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syene
- Oregon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oregon is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,731 people
- Fitchburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Rutland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rutland is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Paoli
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Paoli is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Basco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Basco is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basco
- Stoughton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stoughton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,218 people
- Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Verona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Verona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
- Door Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Door Creek is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Creek
- Vilas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vilas is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pheasant Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Darwin is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Belleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belleville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,514 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lakeview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakeview.
Newspapers Published in Lakeview ...
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 231 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakeview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakeview, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lakeview.
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 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 Lakeview:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Green County
- Iowa County
- Jefferson County
- Lafayette 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lakeview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lakeview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |