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 Markesan (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 Markesan. 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 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.
Markesan is located in Green Lake County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Green Lake County: Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Waushara & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Markesan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Markesan:
- Green Lake County (The home county of Markesan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Markesan, with the one closest to Markesan listed first.
- Kingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Marquette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Green Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Berlin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Markesan, with the one closest to Markesan listed first.
- Friesland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Cambria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Englewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Pardeeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pardeeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Doylestown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Rio
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Wyocena
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
- Wyocena is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Former names for Wyocena:
- Duck Creek
- Wiocena
- Fall River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Otsego
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Columbus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Portage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Portage is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- North Leeds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Leeds have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Markesan, with the one closest to Markesan listed first.
- Fox Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Randolph
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Waupun
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Atwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Beaver Dam
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Dam have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
- Burnett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Kekoskee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Brownsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Knowles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Horicon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Juneau
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Astico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
- Astico is located in Dodge County
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Markesan, with the one closest to Markesan listed first.
- Fairwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Brandon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Ripon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Ladoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- West Rosendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Rosendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - Eldorado
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Woodhull
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Oakfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - North Fond du Lac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Fond du Lac have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
- North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
- Byron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Fond du Lac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Markesan, with the one closest to Markesan listed first.
- Germania
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Glen Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Montello
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Neshkoro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Endeavor
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Packwaukee
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Westfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Douglas Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Markesan, with the one closest to Markesan listed first.
- Lohrville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Redgranite
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redgranite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Silver Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Mount Morris
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Morris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Poy Sippi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Wautoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest) - Pine River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Markesan, with the one closest to Markesan listed first.
- Pickett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Fisk
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Omro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Black Wolf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Wolf have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Reighmoor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Harbor Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Point Comfort
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Stony Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Markesan, see our County-by-County Page for Markesan.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Markesan ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Markesan.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Markesan. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Markesan and those printed in the larger area surrounding Markesan.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2> of Markesan.
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 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 Markesan:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Green Lake County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dodge County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Fond du Lac County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marquette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Waushara County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Winnebago County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Columbia County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Green Lake County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Green Lake County
Cemeteries Near Markesan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Markesan.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Markesan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Markesan, with the one closest to Markesan listed first.
- Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Cemetery
- Tichora Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tichora Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tichora Cemetery
- Phelps Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Phelps Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phelps Cemetery
- Lake Maria Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake Maria Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Maria Cemetery
- Mackford Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mackford Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mackford Union Cemetery
- Grand Prairie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand Prairie Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
- Green Lake Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Lake Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Lake Center Cemetery
- Engedi Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- The Engedi Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blaen Y Cae Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Engedi Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87594 <3>
- West Alto Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Alto Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Alto Cemetery
- Wood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wood Cemetery
- Fairwater Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairwater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairwater Cemetery
- Continue List (267 more) ...
- Lakeview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
- Krastetter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Krastetter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Krastetter Cemetery
- Lake Sarah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Sarah Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2304855 <3>
- Lakeview Cemetery
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 Markesan had a population of 475 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Markesan had a population of 1,389 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Markesan, with the one closest to Markesan listed first.
- Utley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Fairwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Kingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Marquette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Alto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Fox Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Brandon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Randolph
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Ripon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Princeton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Cambria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Fox Lake Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Lake Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake Junction
- Fox Lake Junction is located in Dodge County
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Belle Fountain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle Fountain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Fountain
- Belle Fountain is located in Columbia County
- Ladoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- West Rosendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Belle Fountain
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Markesan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Markesan.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Markesan. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Green Lake County: www.co.green-lake.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Markesan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Markesan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7091, Longitude: -88.9898 In this case, the coordinates for Markesan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Markesan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |