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 Lamont (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 Lamont. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Lamont is located in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County: Jo Daviess (IL), Stephenson (IL), Grant, Green & Iowa.
Below are the counties that are near Lamont. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lamont:
- Lafayette County (The home county of Lamont)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lamont, with the one closest to Lamont listed first.
- Wiota
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Argyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Darlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Woodford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Gratiot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Blanchardville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Calamine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- South Wayne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Shullsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Belmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Etna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- White Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lamont, with the one closest to Lamont listed first.
- Blue Mounds
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Mount Horeb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Belleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belleville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,514 people
- Elvers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elvers is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvers
- Basco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Basco is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basco
- Klevenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Paoli
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paoli is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Verona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Verona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lamont, with the one closest to Lamont listed first.
- Cuba City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Hazel Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Platteville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Livingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Montfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Jamestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lamont, with the one closest to Lamont listed first.
- Browntown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Cadiz
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cadiz is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Monroe
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,426 people
- New Glarus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Monticello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Attica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Dayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Twin Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Grove is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Mineral Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Albany
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Albany is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lamont, with the one closest to Lamont listed first.
- Moscow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hollandale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Mineral Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Dodgeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Ridgeway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Linden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Barneveld
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Rewey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Edmund
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Pleasant Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Hyde
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Cobb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Highland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lamont, with the one closest to Lamont listed first.
- Warren
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
- Apple River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Nora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nora is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nora <1>
- Scales Mound
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stockton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elizabeth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bremen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Galena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <1>
- Stephenson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lamont, with the one closest to Lamont listed first.
- Winslow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- McConnell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oneco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Lena
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <1>
- Orangeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Red Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Kent
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Salem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Yellow Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Afolkey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Afolkey is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afolkey
- Eleroy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lamont, see our County-by-County Page for Lamont.
Cemeteries Near Lamont ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lamont.
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 Lamont - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lamont covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lamont, with the one closest to Lamont listed first.
- Lamont Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Andrews Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Apple Grove Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fayette Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Schellenger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Yellowstone Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Michaels Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Wiota Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (202 more) ...
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pillings Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lamont had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lamont, with the one closest to Lamont listed first.
- Fayette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Darlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Argyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Yellowstone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yellowstone is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone
- Woodford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Gratiot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Blanchardville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Calamine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- South Wayne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Moscow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Dunbarton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dunbarton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Hollandale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Truman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Truman is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
- Browntown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Jonesdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jonesdale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lamont. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lamont.
Newspapers Published in Lamont ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lamont.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lamont, 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 Lamont.
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 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 Lamont:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Lafayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dane County
- Grant County
- Green County
- Iowa County
- Jo Daviess County
- Stephenson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lamont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Lamont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |