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 Martintown (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 Martintown. 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.
Martintown is located in Green 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 Green County: Stephenson (IL), Winnebago (IL), Dane, Iowa, Lafayette & Rock.
Below are the counties that are near Martintown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Martintown:
- Green County (The home county of Martintown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Cadiz
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cadiz is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Browntown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Monroe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,426 people
- Twin Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Twin Grove is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Monticello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Brodhead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brodhead is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- New Glarus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Mineral Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Albany
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Albany is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
- Attica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Dayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Dane County
- Belleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belleville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,514 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Moscow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hollandale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- South Wayne
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Woodford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Wiota
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Gratiot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Argyle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Darlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Blanchardville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Shullsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Calamine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- White Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Etna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- New Diggings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Avon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Orfordville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Orfordville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
- Newark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Newark is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Magnolia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Shannon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Zier Cors
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Zier Cors is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zier Cors
- Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Polsgrove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Polsgrove is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
- Lanark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Carroll
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Blackhawk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackhawk is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackhawk
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Nora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nora is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nora <1>
- Warren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
- Stockton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Apple River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Scales Mound
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogle County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Baileyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Harper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Harper is located in Ogle County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Forreston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Adeline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adeline is located in Ogle County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adeline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Egan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Egan is located in Ogle County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egan
- Stephenson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Winslow
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McConnell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oneco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Orangeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <1>
- Buena Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Red Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Salem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Eleroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Afolkey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Afolkey is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afolkey
- Cedarville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Winnebago County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Lake Summerset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Summerset is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Summerset
- Durand
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Durand is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durand <1>
- Pecatonica
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Martintown, see our County-by-County Page for Martintown.
Cemeteries Near Martintown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Martintown.
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 Martintown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Martintown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Martin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rock Lily Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Christian Hollow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Saucerman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- La Due Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Basswood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eastman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Michael Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (231 more) ...
- Manny Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silent Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Martintown had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Martintown, with the one closest to Martintown listed first.
- Browntown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- South Wayne
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- McConnell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waddams Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Waddams Grove is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddams Grove
- Oneco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Clarno
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clarno is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarno
- Nora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nora is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nora <1>
- Lena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <1>
- Buena Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Orangeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Warren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
- Woodford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Damascus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Damascus is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Red Oak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Eleroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Martintown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Martintown.
Newspapers Published in Martintown ...
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 153 newspapers that have been published in the area around Martintown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Martintown, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Martintown.
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 Martintown:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Green County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dane County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Rock County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess County
- Ogle County
- Stephenson County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Martintown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Martintown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |