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 Little Norway (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 Little Norway. 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 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.
Little Norway 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 Little Norway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Norway:
- Dane County (The home county of Little Norway)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Norway, with the one closest to Little Norway listed first.
- Blue Mounds
(Less than 2 miles 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
- Elvers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elvers is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvers
- Mount Horeb
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Klevenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Black Earth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Cross Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Mazomanie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- Verona
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Marxville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marxville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
- Ashton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Martinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Paoli
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paoli is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Ashton Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ashton Corners is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton Corners
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Norway, with the one closest to Little Norway listed first.
- Lodi
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Okee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Lake Wisconsin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Harmony Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Arlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Norway, with the one closest to Little Norway listed first.
- New Glarus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Dayton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Monticello
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Attica
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Mineral Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Albany
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Norway, with the one closest to Little Norway listed first.
- Barneveld
(5 miles [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
- Hyde
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Ridgeway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Arena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Hollandale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Cassell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Moscow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Pleasant Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Helena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Dodgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Mineral Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Edmund
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Linden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Norway, with the one closest to Little Norway listed first.
- Blanchardville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Argyle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Woodford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Calamine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Wiota
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Darlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Norway, with the one closest to Little Norway listed first.
- Lone Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Bear Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Sextonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Norway, with the one closest to Little Norway listed first.
- Union
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Cooksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Evansville
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Norway, with the one closest to Little Norway 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
- Spring Green
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Prairie du Sac village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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
- Witwen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Plain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Denzer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Leland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Moon Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Merrimac
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- North Freedom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Norway, see our County-by-County Page for Little Norway.
Cemeteries Near Little Norway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Norway.
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 Little Norway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Norway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Norway, with the one closest to Little Norway listed first.
- German Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- North Side Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- White Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Mary of Pine Bluff Catholic Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Perry Luterhan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Old Black Earth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jennieton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (178 more) ...
- Jennieton Baptist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Culver Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Little Norway in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Norway.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Norway, with the one closest to Little Norway listed first.
- Blue Mounds
(Less than 2 miles 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
- Elvers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elvers is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvers
- Mount Horeb
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Barneveld
(5 miles [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
- Klevenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Pine Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Bluff is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Black Earth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Mount Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Riley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Riley is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Forward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Forward is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Cross Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Mazomanie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Primrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Primrose is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose
- West Middleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Arena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Norway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Norway.
Newspapers Published in Little Norway ...
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 218 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Norway.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Norway, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Norway.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Little Norway:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Green County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Richland 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 Little Norway, 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 from Point A (ie- Little Norway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |