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 Mazomanie (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 Mazomanie. 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.
Mazomanie 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 Mazomanie. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mazomanie:
- Dane County (The home county of Mazomanie)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mazomanie, with the one closest to Mazomanie listed first.
- Black Earth
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Marxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marxville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
- Elvers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elvers is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvers
- Cross Plains
(8 miles [12.9 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Blue Mounds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Mount Horeb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Ashton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Klevenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Ashton Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ashton Corners is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton Corners
- Dane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dane is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Middleton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mazomanie, with the one closest to Mazomanie listed first.
- Lodi
(16 miles [25.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Lake Wisconsin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Harmony Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- Arlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Poynette
(24 miles [38.6 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
- North Leeds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Keyeser
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Keyeser is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyeser
- Portage
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Portage is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mazomanie, with the one closest to Mazomanie listed first.
- New Glarus
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Dayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mazomanie, with the one closest to Mazomanie listed first.
- Cassell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Arena
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Hyde
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Helena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Barneveld
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Ridgeway
(15 miles [24.1 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Hollandale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Dodgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Moscow
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Avoca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Edmund
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Lafayette County
- Blanchardville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- 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 Mazomanie, with the one closest to Mazomanie listed first.
- Lone Rock
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Bear Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Sextonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Aubrey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Ithaca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Neptune
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mazomanie, with the one closest to Mazomanie listed first.
- Sauk City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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 northeast)
- 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
- Witwen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Denzer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Leland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Spring Green
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Plain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Moon Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Merrimac
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- North Freedom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Baraboo
(20 miles [32.2 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
- West Baraboo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mazomanie, see our County-by-County Page for Mazomanie.
Cemeteries Near Mazomanie ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mazomanie.
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 Mazomanie - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mazomanie covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mazomanie, with the one closest to Mazomanie listed first.
- St. Barnabas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Culver Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Black Earth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunning Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cassell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arena Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Norbert's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sauk City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie du Sac Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (203 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sauk Prairie Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 Mazomanie had a population of 1,034 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Mazomanie had a population of 1,715 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mazomanie, with the one closest to Mazomanie listed first.
- Black Earth
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Cassell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Arena
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Marxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Marxville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
- Elvers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elvers is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvers
- Roxbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Sauk City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sauk City is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,498 people
- Cross Plains
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Prairie du Sac village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Black Hawk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Black Hawk is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
- Blue Mounds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Pine Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Bluff is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mount Horeb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Springfield Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Springfield Corners is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Corners
- Helena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mazomanie. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mazomanie.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Mazomanie ...
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 185 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mazomanie.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Mazomanie. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Mazomanie and those printed in the larger area surrounding Mazomanie.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> of Mazomanie.
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 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 Mazomanie:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Green County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette County
- Richland 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 Mazomanie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mazomanie) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |