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 Merrimac (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 Merrimac. 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 doctors 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.
Merrimac is located in Sauk 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 Sauk County: Adams, Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Juneau, Richland & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Merrimac. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Merrimac:
- Sauk County (The home county of Merrimac)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrimac, with the one closest to Merrimac listed first.
- Moon Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Prairie du Sac village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Baraboo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- West Baraboo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Baraboo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- North Freedom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Denzer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Witwen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Rock Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Leland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Lake Delton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Delton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Delton
- Lake Delton is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,986 people
- Loganville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loganville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Adams County
- Plainville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Plainville
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrimac, with the one closest to Merrimac listed first.
- Lake Wisconsin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- 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
- Okee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Harmony Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Lodi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Poynette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Arlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Portage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Portage is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- North Leeds
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- 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
- Wyocena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- 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
- Wisconsin Dells
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Keyeser
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrimac, with the one closest to Merrimac listed first.
- Dane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Marxville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Martinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Morrisonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Morrisonville is located in Dane County
- Waunakee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Ashton Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton Corners
- Ashton Corners is located in Dane County
- Ashton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- DeForest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- DeForest is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
- Mazomanie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Black Earth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Cross Plains
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Windsor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Windsor is located in Dane County
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrimac, with the one closest to Merrimac listed first.
- Cassell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Arena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Helena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Hyde
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Barneveld
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Juneau County
- Lyndon Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyndon Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Lyndon Station
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merrimac, with the one closest to Merrimac listed first.
- Douglas Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- 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
- Endeavor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Packwaukee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Glen Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Richland County
- Cazenovia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cazenovia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Merrimac, see our County-by-County Page for Merrimac.
Newspapers Published in Merrimac ...
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 162 newspapers that have been published in the area around Merrimac.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Merrimac, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Merrimac.
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 Merrimac:
- 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 Sauk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Columbia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dane 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
- Juneau 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
- Richland County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Adams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Sauk County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Sauk County
Cemeteries Near Merrimac ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Merrimac.
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 Merrimac covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Merrimac, with the one closest to Merrimac listed first.
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Cemetery
- Garden Bluff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garden Bluff Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87993 <3>
- Kingston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kingston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kingston Cemetery
- Indian Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Farm Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88221 <3>
- Evangelical Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evangelical Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87875 <3>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Kerth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kerth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kerth Cemetery
- Dekorra Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- The Dekorra Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dekorra Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dekorra Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201923 <3>
- St. Camillus Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- The St. Camillus Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Camillus Novitiate Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Camillus Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2141444 <3>
- Thoelke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thoelke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thoelke Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
- Continue List (210 more) ...
- Brewster Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brewster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brewster Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88501 <3>
- Bartholomew Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bartholomew Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bartholomew Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2564411 <3>
- Brewster 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.<5>
While we didn't find Merrimac in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Merrimac.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Merrimac, with the one closest to Merrimac listed first.
- Okee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Lodi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Prairie du Sac village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Roxbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Dekorra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Baraboo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- Dane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Poynette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Marxville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Springfield Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Corners
- Springfield Corners is located in Dane County
- Arlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- North Freedom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Denzer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Norway Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norway Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway Grove
- Norway Grove is located in Dane County
- North Freedom
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Merrimac. See our List of 1890's Communities around Merrimac.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Merrimac. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Sauk County: www.co.sauk.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 drawn from Point A (ie- Merrimac) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Merrimac. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3736, Longitude: -89.6254 In this case, the coordinates for Merrimac 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | 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 Merrimac, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |