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 LeRoy (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 LeRoy. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
LeRoy is located in Dodge 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 Dodge County: Columbia, Dane, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Washington & Waukesha.
Below are the counties that are near LeRoy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to LeRoy:
- Dodge County (The home county of LeRoy)
- The following are listed by their distance from LeRoy, with the one closest to LeRoy listed first.
- Knowles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Kekoskee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kekoskee is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekoskee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
- Brownsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Mayville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mayville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
- Lomira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Theresa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Theresa is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,199 people
- Burnett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Atwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Waupun
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waupun is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
- Horicon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Horicon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Neda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Neda is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neda
- Minnesota Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
- Iron Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Iron Ridge is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Calumet County
- Brothertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brothertown is located in Calumet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from LeRoy, with the one closest to LeRoy listed first.
- Friesland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Friesland is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Columbus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Fall River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Cambria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cambria is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Englewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from LeRoy, with the one closest to LeRoy listed first.
- Oakfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oakfield is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- Byron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Ashford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ashford is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
- Saint Kilian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Kilian is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Kilian
- Ladoga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Eden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eden is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 943 people
- Marblehead
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marblehead is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Elmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elmore is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Campbellsport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Campbellsport is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,811 people
- Fond du Lac
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
- Woodhull
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
- Brandon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- North Fond du Lac
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from LeRoy, with the one closest to LeRoy listed first.
- Utley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Markesan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Green Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Kingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from LeRoy, with the one closest to LeRoy listed first.
- Watertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Watertown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
- Ixonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ixonia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ixonia
- Lac La Belle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lac La Belle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac La Belle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Lake Lac La Belle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Lac La Belle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lac La Belle
- Ozaukee County
- The following are listed by their distance from LeRoy, with the one closest to LeRoy listed first.
- Kohler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kohler is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohler
- Waubeka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Waubeka is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waubeka
- Sheboygan County
- The following are listed by their distance from LeRoy, with the one closest to LeRoy listed first.
- Cascade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cascade is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
- Random Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Random Lake is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Random Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,567 people
- Glenbeulah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenbeulah is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbeulah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Adell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Adell is located in Sheboygan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 508 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from LeRoy, with the one closest to LeRoy listed first.
- Wayne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wayne is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
- Allenton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allenton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Aurora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Aurora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Saint Lawrence
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Lawrence is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence
- Hartford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
- Saint Michaels
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Saint Michaels is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michaels
- Barton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Cedar Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Lake is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Slinger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slinger is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,704 people
- West Bend
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Bend is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
- Boltonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Boltonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boltonville
- Cedar Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Thompson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Waukesha County
- The following are listed by their distance from LeRoy, with the one closest to LeRoy listed first.
- Monterey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Monterey is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Stonebank
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stonebank is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebank
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from LeRoy, with the one closest to LeRoy listed first.
- Pickett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Black Wolf
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Point Comfort
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Fisk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Fitzgerald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Stony Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to LeRoy, see our County-by-County Page for LeRoy.
Cemeteries Near LeRoy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of LeRoy.
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 LeRoy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for LeRoy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from LeRoy, with the one closest to LeRoy listed first.
- St. Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tidyman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miles Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Emanuel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kinwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Graceland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- St. Gobki Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that LeRoy had a population of 89 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from LeRoy, with the one closest to LeRoy listed first.
- Knowles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Kekoskee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kekoskee is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekoskee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
- Brownsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Mayville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mayville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,829 people
- South Byron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
- Oak Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Center is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Center
- Theresa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Theresa is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,199 people
- Lomira
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Theresa Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Theresa Station is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theresa Station
- Byron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Oakfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oakfield is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- Burnett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Atwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Horicon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Horicon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Ashford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ashford is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around LeRoy. See our List of 1890's Communities around LeRoy.
Newspapers Published in LeRoy ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around LeRoy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of LeRoy, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for LeRoy.
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 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 LeRoy:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dodge County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calumet County
- Columbia County
- Fond du Lac County
- Green Lake County
- Jefferson County
- Ozaukee County
- Sheboygan County
- Washington County
- Waukesha County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- LeRoy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 LeRoy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |