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 Oak Hall (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 Oak Hall. 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 southwest 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 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.
Oak Hall 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 Oak Hall. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Hall:
- Dane County (The home county of Oak Hall)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hall, with the one closest to Oak Hall listed first.
- Fitchburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Oregon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Basco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basco
- Basco is located in Dane County
- Paoli
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Verona
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Pilgrim Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- 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
- Brooklyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Belleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Belleville is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,514 people
- Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Shorewood Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- 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
- McFarland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Monona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hall, with the one closest to Oak Hall listed first.
- Keyeser
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Lodi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Arlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- North Leeds
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Okee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Harmony Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Lake Wisconsin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- 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
- Poynette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hall, with the one closest to Oak Hall listed first.
- Dayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Attica
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Attica is located in Green County
- New Glarus
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Albany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Mineral Point
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Monticello
(16 miles [25.7 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Monroe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Twin Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Twin Grove is located in Green County
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hall, with the one closest to Oak Hall listed first.
- Moscow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Barneveld
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Hollandale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollandale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Arena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Cassell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Hyde
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Ridgeway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hall, with the one closest to Oak Hall listed first.
- Lake Ripley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ripley
- Lake Ripley is located in Jefferson County
- Carcajou
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carcajou
- Carcajou is located in Jefferson County
- Lake Koshkonong
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Waterloo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Lake Mills
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Fort Atkinson
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hall, with the one closest to Oak Hall listed first.
- Blanchardville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Argyle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Woodford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hall, with the one closest to Oak Hall listed first.
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Cooksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Evansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Magnolia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Magnolia is located in Rock County
- Fulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fulton is located in Rock County
- Edgerton
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Footville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Footville is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Orfordville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Hanover is located in Rock County
- Milton
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Avon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Avon is located in Rock County
- Janesville
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Hall, with the one closest to Oak Hall listed first.
- Sauk City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Prairie du Sac village
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Merrimac
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Hall, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Hall.
Newspapers Published in Oak Hall ...
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 251 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Hall.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Hall, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Hall.
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 Oak Hall:
- 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
- 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
- Lafayette 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 Oak Hall ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Hall.
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 Oak Hall covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Hall, with the one closest to Oak Hall listed first.
- Oak Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hall Cemetery
- Holy Mother of Consolation Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- 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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- 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
- Prairie Mound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- 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
- Story Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Story Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Story Cemetery
- Paoli Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paoli Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paoli Cemetery
- Rutland Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rutland Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rutland Center Cemetery
- St. Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Williams Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- 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>
- Sunset Memory Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memory Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memory Gardens
- Middleton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Middleton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middleton Cemetery
- Resurrection Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- 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>
- Continue List (180 more) ...
- St. James Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
- Jug Prairie Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jug Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jug Prairie Cemetery
- McFarland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- 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
- St. James 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 Oak Hall in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Hall.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Hall, with the one closest to Oak Hall listed first.
- Oregon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Lakeview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Fitchburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Paoli
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Basco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basco
- Basco is located in Dane County
- Syene ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Verona
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Rutland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Belleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Belleville is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,514 people
- Montrose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Dayton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Pheasant Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pheasant Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- West Middleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Middleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- West Middleton is located in Dane County
- Riley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Branch
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Hall. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Hall.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oak Hall. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oak Hall) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Hall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9505, Longitude: -89.4372 |
| <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 Oak Hall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |