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 Mauston (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 Mauston. 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.
Mauston is located in Juneau County and is the County Seat.
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 Juneau County: Adams, Columbia, Jackson, Monroe, Sauk, Vernon & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Mauston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mauston:
- Juneau County (The home county of Mauston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mauston, with the one closest to Mauston listed first.
- Lemonweir
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- New Lisbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Hustler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Elroy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elroy is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Lyndon Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Camp Douglas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Union Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Wonewoc
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
- Necedah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Sprague
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sprague is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
- New Miner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- Mather
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mauston, with the one closest to Mauston listed first.
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Easton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Plainville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Adams
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Friendship
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Strongs Prairie
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Arkdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Big Flats
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Pilot Knob ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pilot Knob is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Columbia County
- Wisconsin Dells
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mauston, with the one closest to Mauston listed first.
- Oxford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Douglas Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Westfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westfield is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mauston, with the one closest to Mauston listed first.
- Clifton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Kendall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Oakdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
- Shennington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennington
- Wyeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wyeville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Wilton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wilton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Valley Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Tomah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tomah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,363 people
- Oil City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oil City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Norwalk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Tunnel City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Warrens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Warrens is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mauston, with the one closest to Mauston listed first.
- Cazenovia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Yuba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yuba is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Hub City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
- Bloom City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Woodstock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Neptune
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mauston, with the one closest to Mauston listed first.
- La Valle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Ironton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ironton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Reedsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
- Lake Delton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Delton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Delton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,986 people
- Lime Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Rock Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Loganville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- North Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- West Baraboo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Sandusky
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Baraboo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mauston, with the one closest to Mauston listed first.
- Hillsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Trippville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Mount Tabor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- White City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Ontario
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ontario is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
- Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mauston, see our County-by-County Page for Mauston.
Cemeteries Near Mauston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mauston.
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 Mauston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mauston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mauston, with the one closest to Mauston listed first.
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rock Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lemonweir Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Suldal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Plymouth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zindorf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Lemonweir Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Barney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (195 more) ...
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Acres Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mauston had a population of 1,262 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Mauston had a population of 4,358 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mauston, with the one closest to Mauston listed first.
- Lemonweir
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- New Lisbon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Elroy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elroy is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
- Hustler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Lyndon Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- White Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- White Creek is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Creek
- Union Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Camp Douglas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Easton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Plainville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Clifton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kendall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kendall is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- La Valle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Hillsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mauston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mauston.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mauston ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mauston.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mauston. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mauston and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mauston.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Mauston.
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 websites either 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 Mauston:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Juneau County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Columbia County
- Marquette County
- Monroe County
- Richland County
- Sauk County
- Vernon 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 Mauston, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mauston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |