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 Knoll (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 Knoll. 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 Oak Knoll ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Oak Knoll: Oak Knl. (or less commonly used: Oak Knol.)
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.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Oak Knoll 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 Knoll. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oak Knoll:
- Dane County (The home county of Oak Knoll)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Stoughton
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Dunkirk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Dunkirk is located in Dane County
- Hanerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hanerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanerville
- Hanerville is located in Dane County
- Door Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Door Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Creek
- Door Creek is located in Dane County
- McFarland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Stone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Stone is located in Dane County
- Albion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Albion is located in Dane County
- Oregon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Rockdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Cottage Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- Monona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Deerfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Deerfield is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,540 people
- Brooklyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Keyeser
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - North Leeds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Leeds. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Arlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Columbus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Lodi
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Dodge County
- Astico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
- Astico is located in Dodge County
- Astico
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Dayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Attica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Attica is located in Green County
- Albany
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Mineral Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- 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
- Brodhead
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Monticello
(23 miles [37 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
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Lake Ripley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ripley
- Lake Ripley is located in Jefferson County
- Carcajou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carcajou
- Carcajou is located in Jefferson County
- Lake Koshkonong
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Lake Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Waterloo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Milford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Milford is located in Jefferson County
- Cold Spring
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Cold Spring is located in Jefferson County
- Johnson Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
- Johnson Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,065 people
- Grellton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grellton
- Grellton is located in Jefferson County
- Hebron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Helenville
(26 miles [41.8 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 Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Cooksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Edgerton
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Fulton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fulton is located in Rock County
- Evansville
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Indianford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Indianford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianford
- Indianford is located in Rock County
- Magnolia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Magnolia is located in Rock County
- Milton Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Milton Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Junction
- Milton Junction is located in Rock County
- Milton
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Footville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Footville is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Janesville
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Hanover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Hanover is located in Rock County
- Orfordville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orfordville
- Orfordville is located in Rock County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
- Walworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Whitewater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Whitewater is located in Walworth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,993 people
- Richmond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Richmond is located in Walworth County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oak Knoll, see our County-by-County Page for Oak Knoll.
Cemeteries Near Oak Knoll ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oak Knoll.
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 Knoll covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Skaalen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Skaalen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89272 <3>
- East Side Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Side Cemetery
- 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.
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
- 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.
- St. Anns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anns Cemetery
- 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.
- West Koshkonong Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Koshkonong Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1970970 <3>
- Wheeler Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wheeler Prairie Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wheeler Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- McFarland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McFarland Cemetery
- 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.
- Rutland Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rutland Center Cemetery
- 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.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Liberty Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Prairie Cemetery
- 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.
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Albion Prairie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Albion Prairie Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Albion Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- Prairie Mound Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Mound Cemetery
- 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.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- 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.
- Sweet Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sweet Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sweet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Prairie Mound 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 Knoll in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oak Knoll.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oak Knoll, with the one closest to Oak Knoll listed first.
- Stoughton
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Hanerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hanerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanerville
- Hanerville is located in Dane County
- Utica
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Nora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Door Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Door Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Creek
- Door Creek is located in Dane County
- Hope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Rutland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Cooksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Stebbinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stebbinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stebbinsville
- Stebbinsville is located in Rock County
- Albion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Albion is located in Dane County
- Lakeview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Oregon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Rockdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Cottage Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- Union
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oak Knoll. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oak Knoll.
Newspapers Published in Oak Knoll ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oak Knoll.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oak Knoll, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oak Knoll.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Oak Knoll:
- 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
- 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
- Walworth 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
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oak Knoll. 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> | 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. |
| <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 Knoll, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Oak Knoll) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Oak Knoll. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9428, Longitude: -89.2187 In this case, the coordinates for Oak Knoll have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |