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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 New Lisbon (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 New Lisbon. 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.

Name Variations for New Lisbon ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

In past government published Postal Guides, New Lisbon was referred to as New Lisbon Courthouse.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named New Lisbon. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for New Lisbon.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.

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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

New Lisbon is located in Juneau 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 Juneau County: Adams, Columbia, Jackson, Monroe, Sauk, Vernon & Wood.

Below are the counties that are near New Lisbon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Lisbon:

  • Juneau County     (The home county of New Lisbon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Lisbon, with the one closest to New Lisbon listed first.
    • Hustler
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Camp Douglas
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mauston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Mauston is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
    • Lemonweir
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
    • Necedah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Union Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Wonewoc
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
    • Lyndon Station
      (17 miles [27.4 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
    • Sprague
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Mather
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • New Miner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Adams County
  • Columbia County
  • Marquette County
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Lisbon, with the one closest to New Lisbon listed first.
    • Clifton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Oakdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kendall
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Kendall is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
    • Shennington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Wyeville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Wyeville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
    • Valley Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tomah
      (18 miles [29 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
    • Wilton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Wilton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
    • Tunnel City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
    • Oil City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Oil City is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Norwalk
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Warrens
      (24 miles [38.6 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 New Lisbon, with the one closest to New Lisbon listed first.
    • Cazenovia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Yuba
      (26 miles [41.8 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
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hub City is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
    • Bloom City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodstock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sauk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Lisbon, with the one closest to New Lisbon listed first.
    • La Valle
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Ironton
      (23 miles [37 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
      (25 miles [40.2 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
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lime Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Loganville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Rock Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
  • Vernon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Lisbon, with the one closest to New Lisbon listed first.
    • Trippville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillsboro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Tabor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 New Lisbon, see our County-by-County Page for New Lisbon.

Cemeteries Near New Lisbon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Lisbon.

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 New Lisbon - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Lisbon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Lisbon, with the one closest to New Lisbon listed first.

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 New Lisbon had a population of 990 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, New Lisbon had a population of 2,547 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from New Lisbon, with the one closest to New Lisbon listed first.

  • Hustler
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mauston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mauston is located in Juneau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
  • Camp Douglas
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lemonweir
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Clifton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • 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
  • Quincy ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Cloverdale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Cloverdale is located in Juneau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Kendall
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Kendall is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
  • Oakdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Center
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Wyeville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wyeville is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Lisbon. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Lisbon.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of New Lisbon ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Lisbon.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of New Lisbon. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of New Lisbon and those printed in the larger area surrounding New Lisbon.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of New Lisbon.

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 New Lisbon:

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Lisbon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 New Lisbon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.