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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 Pardeeville (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 Pardeeville. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Pardeeville is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Adams, Dane, Dodge, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette & Sauk.

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

  • Columbia County     (The home county of Pardeeville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pardeeville, with the one closest to Pardeeville listed first.
    • Wyocena
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Wyocena is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
      • Former names for Wyocena:
      • Duck Creek
      • Wiocena
    • Rio
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rio is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
    • Portage
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Portage is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
    • Cambria
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Cambria is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
    • Doylestown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Doylestown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
    • Otsego
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Otsego is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
    • Poynette
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Poynette is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
    • Friesland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Friesland is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
    • Englewood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Englewood is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
    • Arlington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Arlington is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
    • North Leeds
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • North Leeds is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
    • Fall River
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Fall River is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
    • Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
  • Adams County
    • Plainville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Plainville is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
  • Dane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pardeeville, with the one closest to Pardeeville listed first.
    • Morrisonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Morrisonville is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
    • North Bristol
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • North Bristol is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
    • DeForest
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • DeForest is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
    • East Bristol
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • East Bristol is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
    • Windsor
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Windsor is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Dane
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Dane is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
    • Sun Prairie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
    • Waunakee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Waunakee is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
    • Burke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Burke is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
    • Mendota
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Mendota is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
    • Marshall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Marshall is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
    • Darwin ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Darwin is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
    • Martinsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Martinsville is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pardeeville, with the one closest to Pardeeville listed first.
    • Randolph
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Randolph is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
    • Fox Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Fox Lake is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,440 people
    • Astico
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Astico is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
    • Beaver Dam
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
    • Lowell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lowell is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
    • Reeseville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Reeseville is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 673 people
    • Atwater
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Atwater is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
    • Burnett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Burnett is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
    • Waupun
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Waupun is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
    • Minnesota Junction
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
  • Fond du Lac County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pardeeville, with the one closest to Pardeeville listed first.
    • Fairwater
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
    • Brandon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
    • Metomen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Metomen is located in Fond du Lac County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metomen
  • Green Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pardeeville, with the one closest to Pardeeville listed first.
    • Kingston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingston is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
    • Marquette
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Marquette is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Markesan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Markesan is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
    • Princeton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Princeton is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
    • Utley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Utley is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
    • Green Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
  • Jefferson County
    • Waterloo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
  • Marquette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pardeeville, with the one closest to Pardeeville listed first.
    • Glen Oak
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
    • Endeavor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Endeavor is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
    • Montello
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Montello is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
    • Douglas Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
    • Packwaukee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
    • Oxford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Oxford is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
    • Germania
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Germania is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
    • Westfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Westfield is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
    • Neshkoro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
  • Sauk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pardeeville, with the one closest to Pardeeville listed first.
    • Merrimac
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Merrimac is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
    • Moon Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
    • Baraboo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Baraboo is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
    • West Baraboo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
    • Lake Delton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Lake Delton is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Delton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,986 people
    • Prairie du Sac village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Sac village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,426 people
    • Sauk City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sauk City is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,498 people
    • North Freedom
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • North Freedom is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pardeeville, see our County-by-County Page for Pardeeville.

Cemeteries Near Pardeeville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pardeeville.

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 Pardeeville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pardeeville had a population of 382 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Pardeeville had a population of 2,053 people.

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

  • Wyocena
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Wyocena is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
    • Former names for Wyocena:
    • Duck Creek
    • Wiocena
  • Marcellon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Marcellon is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellon
  • Belle Fountain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Belle Fountain is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Fountain
  • Rio
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rio is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
  • Portage
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Portage is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
  • Dekorra
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dekorra is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekorra
  • Cambria
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cambria is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
  • Lowville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Lowville is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
  • Doylestown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Doylestown is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
  • Poynette
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Poynette is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynette
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
  • Otsego
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Otsego is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
  • Arlington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Arlington is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • North Leeds
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • North Leeds is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
    • Randolph
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Randolph is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
    • Kingston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingston is located in Green Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pardeeville ...

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 155 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pardeeville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pardeeville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pardeeville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pardeeville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Pardeeville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Pardeeville:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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 Pardeeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pardeeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.