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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.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Orange Mill 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 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)
      • Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
    • Hustler
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hustler is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
    • New Lisbon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
    • Mauston
      (10 miles [16.1 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
    • Necedah
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Necedah is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
    • Elroy
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Elroy is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
    • Lemonweir
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
    • Union Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Union Center is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
    • Mather
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Mather is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mather
    • Sprague
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Sprague is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague
    • Wonewoc
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Wonewoc is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonewoc
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 789 people
    • New Miner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • New Miner is located in Juneau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
  • 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)
      • Quincy is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
    • Strongs Prairie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
    • Arkdale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Arkdale is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
    • Adams
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Adams is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
    • Easton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Easton is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
    • Friendship
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Friendship is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
    • Plainville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Plainville is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
    • Big Flats
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Big Flats is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
    • New Rome ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • New Rome is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
  • Columbia County
    • Wisconsin Dells
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
  • Crawford County
    • Lynxville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lynxville is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Orange Mill, with the one closest to Orange Mill listed first.
    • Millston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Millston is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
    • Lapham Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham Junction
  • 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)
      • Clifton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Oakdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakdale is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
    • Shennington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Shennington is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennington
    • Kendall
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Kendall is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
    • Wyeville
      (11 miles [17.7 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
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
    • Tomah
      (14 miles [22.5 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
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wilton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
    • Tunnel City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Tunnel City is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel City
    • Norwalk
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Norwalk is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
    • Warrens
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Warrens is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrens
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
    • Oil City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Oil City is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
  • 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)
      • Cazenovia is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Yuba
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Yuba is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Bloom City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Bloom City is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom City
    • Hub City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Hub City is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
  • 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)
      • La Valle is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
    • Ironton
      (25 miles [40.2 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
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 people
    • Lime Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
    • Lake Delton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Delton is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Delton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,986 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)
      • Trippville is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville
    • Mount Tabor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Tabor is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tabor
    • Hillsboro
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Hillsboro is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
    • Ontario
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ontario is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 561 people
    • 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
    • La Farge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • La Farge is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Farge
      • 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.

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.

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 Orange Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

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)
  • Ranney Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Brewster Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Stephens Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Camp Douglas Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • St. James Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Acres Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Zindorf Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Clifton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • East Lemonweir Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sorenson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (165 more) ...
    • Fountain Lutheran Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • West Lemonweir Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Plymouth Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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)
    • Hustler is located in Juneau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustler
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
  • Camp Douglas
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Douglas is located in Juneau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Douglas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 625 people
  • New Lisbon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
  • Clifton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Clifton is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Cloverdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Cloverdale is located in Juneau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
  • Oakdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakdale is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 290 people
  • Kendall
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Kendall is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
  • Mauston
    (10 miles [16.1 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
  • Elroy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Elroy is located in Juneau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elroy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people
  • Wyeville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wyeville is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyeville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
  • Lemonweir
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
  • Quincy ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Quincy is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Valley Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Valley Junction is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
    • Tomah
      (14 miles [22.5 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
    • Trippville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Trippville is located in Vernon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trippville

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.

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]<1>. 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 start with 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 Orange Mill:

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Orange Mill) 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 Orange Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.