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 Orange Mill (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 Orange Mill. 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 Orange Mill ...
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 Orange Mill: Orange Ml. (or less commonly used: Orange Mll.)
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 and hospitals 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.
Orange Mill is located in Juneau 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 Juneau County: Adams, Columbia, Jackson, Monroe, Sauk, Vernon & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Orange Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orange Mill:
- Juneau County (The home county of Orange Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Mill, with the one closest to Orange Mill listed first.
- Camp Douglas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- Hustler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- New Lisbon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Mauston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Necedah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Elroy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Lemonweir
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Union Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Union Center is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Mather
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
- Mather is located in Juneau County
- Wonewoc
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - New Miner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Lyndon Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Mill, with the one closest to Orange Mill listed first.
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Strongs Prairie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Arkdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Adams
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Easton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Easton is located in Adams County
- Friendship
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Plainville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Big Flats
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia County
- Wisconsin Dells
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Wisconsin Dells
- Crawford County
- Lynxville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lynxville
- Jackson County
- Millston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
- Millston is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Millston
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Mill, with the one closest to Orange Mill listed first.
- Clifton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Oakdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Shennington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennington
- Shennington is located in Monroe County
- Kendall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Wyeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Valley Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Tomah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Wilton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Tunnel City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunnel City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
- Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
- Norwalk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
- Norwalk is located in Monroe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Warrens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Oil City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Mill, with the one closest to Orange Mill listed first.
- Cazenovia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Yuba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Bloom City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
- Bloom City is located in Richland County
- Hub City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Mill, with the one closest to Orange Mill listed first.
- La Valle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
- La Valle is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Ironton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - Reedsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Lime Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Vernon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orange Mill, with the one closest to Orange Mill listed first.
- Trippville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trippville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Mount Tabor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
- Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
- Hillsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Ontario
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - White City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- White City is located in Vernon County
- La Farge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
- La Farge is located in Vernon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orange Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Orange Mill.
Newspapers Published in Orange Mill ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orange Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orange Mill, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Orange Mill.
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 helpful 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 Orange Mill:
- 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 Juneau 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
- Crawford County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jackson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Monroe 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
- Sauk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Vernon 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 Juneau County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Juneau County
Cemeteries Near Orange Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orange Mill.
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 Orange Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orange Mill, with the one closest to Orange Mill listed first.
- Lone Rock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Rock Cemetery
- Ranney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ranney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ranney Cemetery
- Brewster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- 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
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Stephens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Stephens Cemetery
- Camp Douglas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camp Douglas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camp Douglas Cemetery
- St. James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- 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
- Pleasant Acres Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Acres Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Acres Cemetery
- Zindorf Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zindorf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zindorf Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
- Clifton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clifton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clifton Cemetery
- East Lemonweir Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Lemonweir Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Lemonweir Lutheran Cemetery
- Sorenson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sorenson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sorenson Cemetery
- Continue List (164 more) ...
- Fountain Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fountain Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fountain Lutheran Cemetery
- West Lemonweir Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Lemonweir Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Lemonweir Cemetery
- Plymouth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plymouth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plymouth Cemetery
- Fountain Lutheran 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.<3>
While we didn't find Orange Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Orange Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orange Mill, with the one closest to Orange Mill listed first.
- Hustler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
- Hustler is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Camp Douglas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
- Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
- New Lisbon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Clifton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Cloverdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cloverdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cloverdale is located in Juneau County
- Oakdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest) - Kendall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Mauston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Elroy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Wyeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Lemonweir
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Valley Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
- Tomah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Trippville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trippville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
- Trippville is located in Vernon County
- Valley Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orange Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orange Mill.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Orange Mill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Juneau County: www.juneaucounty.com/
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' (or 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- Orange Mill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Orange Mill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9016, Longitude: -90.2324 In this case, the coordinates for Orange Mill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Orange Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |