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 Loreta (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 Loreta. 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 and hospitals 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.
Loreta is located in Sauk 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 Sauk County: Adams, Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Juneau, Richland & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Loreta. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Loreta:
- Sauk County (The home county of Loreta)
- The following are listed by their distance from Loreta, with the one closest to Loreta listed first.
- Sandusky
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Loganville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Leland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Lime Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Denzer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Witwen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Spring Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Ironton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ironton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Rock Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Reedsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
- North Freedom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- La Valle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Adams County
- Plainville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loreta, with the one closest to Loreta listed first.
- Wisconsin Dells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- Lake Wisconsin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Okee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Harmony Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Lodi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loreta, with the one closest to Loreta listed first.
- Mazomanie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- Black Earth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Elvers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elvers is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvers
- Marxville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marxville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
- Blue Mounds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Cross Plains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Martinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Mount Horeb
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loreta, with the one closest to Loreta listed first.
- Muscoda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Blue River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Montfort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loreta, with the one closest to Loreta listed first.
- Helena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Arena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Cassell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Avoca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Hyde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Pleasant Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Ridgeway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Highland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Barneveld
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Dodgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Edmund
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Cobb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loreta, with the one closest to Loreta listed first.
- Wonewoc
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- Union Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Lyndon Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Elroy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elroy is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Lemonweir
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loreta, with the one closest to Loreta listed first.
- Bear Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Neptune
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Aubrey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Sextonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Lone Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Cazenovia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Richland Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Hub City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Gillingham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Woodstock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Balmoral
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Bloom City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Loreta, with the one closest to Loreta listed first.
- Hillsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- White City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Trippville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- La Farge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
- Mount Tabor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Loreta, see our County-by-County Page for Loreta.
Cemeteries Near Loreta ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Loreta.
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 Loreta - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Loreta covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Loreta, with the one closest to Loreta listed first.
- Blakeslee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Whitemound Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Eiffmeyer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ward Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Killian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (232 more) ...
- Tuckertown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bear Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.<1>
While we didn't find Loreta in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Loreta.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Loreta, with the one closest to Loreta listed first.
- Sandusky
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Bear Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Plain
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Keyesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Keyesville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyesville
- Loganville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Lime Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Leland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Loyd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Loyd is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
- Neptune
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Sextonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Black Hawk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Black Hawk is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Twin Bluffs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Bluffs is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bluffs
- Spring Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Denzer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Loreta. See our List of 1890's Communities around Loreta.
Newspapers Published in Loreta ...
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 151 newspapers that have been published in the area around Loreta.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Loreta, 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 Loreta.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Loreta:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Sauk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Columbia County
- Dane County
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- Juneau County
- Richland County
- Vernon County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Loreta, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Loreta) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |