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 Lutheran Hill (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 Lutheran Hill. 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.
Lutheran Hill 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 Lutheran Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lutheran Hill:
- Dane County (The home county of Lutheran Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lutheran Hill, with the one closest to Lutheran Hill listed first.
- Martinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Marxville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marxville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
- Dane
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dane is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Ashton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Cross Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Ashton Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton Corners is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton Corners
- Waunakee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waunakee is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
- Middleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
- Black Earth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Pheasant Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Mazomanie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- Mendota
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mendota is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lutheran Hill, with the one closest to Lutheran Hill listed first.
- Lodi
(8 miles [12.9 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Harmony Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Lake Wisconsin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Arlington
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- North Leeds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Poynette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poynette is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
- Keyeser
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Keyeser is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyeser
- Portage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Portage is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- Rio
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Wyocena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wyocena is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Former names for Wyocena:
- Duck Creek
- Wiocena
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lutheran Hill, with the one closest to Lutheran Hill listed first.
- Dayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- New Glarus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Attica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lutheran Hill, with the one closest to Lutheran Hill listed first.
- Cassell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Arena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Barneveld
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Hyde
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Helena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Ridgeway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Pleasant Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Hollandale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Moscow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Jefferson County
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
- Lafayette County
- Blanchardville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lutheran Hill, with the one closest to Lutheran Hill listed first.
- Bear Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Lone Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Rock County
- Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lutheran Hill, with the one closest to Lutheran Hill listed first.
- Sauk City
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Prairie du Sac village
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Merrimac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Moon Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Witwen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Denzer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Baraboo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- Leland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- West Baraboo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- North Freedom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Plain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Spring Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lutheran Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Lutheran Hill.
Cemeteries Near Lutheran Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lutheran Hill.
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 Lutheran Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lutheran Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lutheran Hill, with the one closest to Lutheran Hill listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Roxbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kohlman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunning Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kingsley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Norbert's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. John's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Vienna Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- County Line Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (210 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Onehundred Mile Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Lutheran Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lutheran Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lutheran Hill, with the one closest to Lutheran Hill listed first.
- Springfield Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield Corners is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Corners
- Marxville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marxville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
- Roxbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Ashton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Dane
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dane is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Cross Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Waunakee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waunakee is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
- Sauk City
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Black Earth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Middleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
- Lodi
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Prairie du Sac village
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pheasant Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Mazomanie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- Pine Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pine Bluff is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lutheran Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lutheran Hill.
Newspapers Published in Lutheran Hill ...
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 222 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lutheran Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lutheran Hill, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lutheran Hill.
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 Lutheran Hill:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Green County
- Iowa County
- Jefferson 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 Lutheran Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lutheran Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |