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 McFarland (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 McFarland. 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 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.
McFarland is located in Dane 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 Dane County: Columbia, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Rock & Sauk.
Below are the counties that are near McFarland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McFarland:
- Dane County (The home county of McFarland)
- The following are listed by their distance from McFarland, with the one closest to McFarland listed first.
- Monona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Cottage Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Fitchburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Maple Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bluff
- Maple Bluff is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
- Stoughton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Oregon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Burke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Darwin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Shorewood Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shorewood Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Hills
- Shorewood Hills is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Oak Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hall
- Oak Hall is located in Dane County
- Pilgrim Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pilgrim Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Village
- Pilgrim Village is located in Dane County
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from McFarland, with the one closest to McFarland listed first.
- Keyeser
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - North Leeds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- 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
- Arlington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Lodi
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Poynette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Columbus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Otsego
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Harmony Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Okee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Fall River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Lake Wisconsin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wisconsin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Doylestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from McFarland, with the one closest to McFarland listed first.
- Astico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
- Astico is located in Dodge County
- Reeseville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reeseville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseville
- Reeseville is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 673 people
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from McFarland, with the one closest to McFarland listed first.
- Dayton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Attica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Attica is located in Green County
- Albany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Mineral Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- New Glarus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Monticello
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Brodhead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Iowa County
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from McFarland, with the one closest to McFarland listed first.
- Lake Ripley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ripley
- Lake Ripley is located in Jefferson County
- Carcajou
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carcajou
- Carcajou is located in Jefferson County
- Lake Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mills
- Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
- Waterloo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Lake Koshkonong
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Koshkonong have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Koshkonong
- Lake Koshkonong is located in Jefferson County
- Fort Atkinson
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Atkinson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Atkinson
- Fort Atkinson is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,372 people
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Grellton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grellton
- Grellton is located in Jefferson County
- Johnson Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
- Johnson Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,065 people
- Helenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helenville
- Helenville is located in Jefferson County
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from McFarland, with the one closest to McFarland listed first.
- Cooksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Evansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evansville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Evansville is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
- Fulton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fulton is located in Rock County
- Edgerton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Edgerton is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,595 people
- Magnolia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Magnolia is located in Rock County
- Footville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Footville is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Milton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Milton is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,643 people
- Orfordville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orfordville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
- Orfordville is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
- Hanover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Hanover is located in Rock County
- Janesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Janesville is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,664 people
- Lima Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Center
- Lima Center is located in Rock County
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from McFarland, with the one closest to McFarland listed first.
- Prairie du Sac village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Sac village
- Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,426 people
- Sauk City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Merrimac
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest) - Moon Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to McFarland, see our County-by-County Page for McFarland.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of McFarland ...
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 McFarland.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of McFarland. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of McFarland and those printed in the larger area surrounding McFarland.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> of McFarland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 McFarland:
- 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 Dane 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
- Green County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Iowa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jefferson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Rock County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sauk 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 Dane County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Dane County
Cemeteries Near McFarland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McFarland.
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 McFarland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McFarland, with the one closest to McFarland listed first.
- McFarland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McFarland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McFarland Cemetery
- Roselawn Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roselawn Memorial Park
- Blooming Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blooming Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blooming Grove Cemetery
- Prairie Mound Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie Mound Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Mound Cemetery
- Skaalen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Skaalen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89272 <3>
- Cottage Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottage Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottage Grove Cemetery
- Holy Mother of Consolation Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Mother of Consolation Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Mother of Consolation Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- West Koshkonong Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Koshkonong Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1970970 <3>
- Liberty Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Prairie Cemetery
- Resurrection Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Resurrection Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Madison.
- The Resurrection Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resurrection Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #343777 <3>
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Madison.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87944 <3>
- Continue List (192 more) ...
- Riverside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- St. Anns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anns Cemetery
- East Side Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Side Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Side Cemetery
- Riverside 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>
While we didn't find McFarland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McFarland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McFarland, with the one closest to McFarland listed first.
- Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Door Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Door Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Creek
- Door Creek is located in Dane County
- Syene ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Vilas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Fitchburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Cottage Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- Madison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Oregon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Stoughton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Nora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Darwin ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Continue List (18 more) ...
- Burke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Utica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Mendota
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burke
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McFarland. See our List of 1890's Communities around McFarland.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for McFarland: www.mcfarland.wi.us/
The official website for Dane County: www.co.dane.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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McFarland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McFarland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0189, Longitude: -89.2940 In this case, the coordinates for McFarland 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 McFarland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |