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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Pilot Knob. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pilot Knob to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pilot Knob, please Contact Us.
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 Pilot Knob (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 Pilot Knob. 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 Pilot Knob ...
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.
Another variation: Pilotknob.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Pilot Knob is historic, it would have been located within present day Adams 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 Adams County: Columbia, Juneau, Marquette, Portage, Sauk, Waushara & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Pilot Knob. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pilot Knob:
- Adams County (The home county of Pilot Knob)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pilot Knob, with the one closest to Pilot Knob listed first.
- Adams
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- Big Flats
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- Easton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Easton is located in Adams County
- Arkdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Leola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Quincy ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Strongs Prairie
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Plainville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Plainville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Columbia County
- Wisconsin Dells
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- 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
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pilot Knob, with the one closest to Pilot Knob listed first.
- Princeton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Marquette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pilot Knob, with the one closest to Pilot Knob listed first.
- Necedah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Lyndon Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyndon Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- New Miner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Lemonweir
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Mauston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Sprague
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - New Lisbon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
- New Lisbon is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,547 people
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pilot Knob, with the one closest to Pilot Knob listed first.
- Westfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Oxford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Packwaukee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Germania
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Montello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Neshkoro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Douglas Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Douglas Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Endeavor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Glen Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pilot Knob, with the one closest to Pilot Knob listed first.
- Almond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Blaine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Sauk County
- Lake Delton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Delton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Delton
- Lake Delton is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,986 people
- Lake Delton
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pilot Knob, with the one closest to Pilot Knob listed first.
- Coloma
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Hancock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Plainfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Wautoma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Silver Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Mount Morris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Morris. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Wild Rose
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Lohrville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Redgranite
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redgranite have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Saxeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Pine River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pilot Knob, with the one closest to Pilot Knob listed first.
- Nekoosa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Grand Rapids
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grand Rapids. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
- Lake Wazeecha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wazeecha have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha
- Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
- Port Edwards
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Wisconsin Rapids
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pilot Knob, see our County-by-County Page for Pilot Knob.
Cemeteries Near Pilot Knob ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pilot Knob.
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 Pilot Knob covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pilot Knob, with the one closest to Pilot Knob listed first.
- South Burr Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Burr Oak Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Burr Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Fish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fish Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Indian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Gould Rock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gould Rock Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gould Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- 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.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Krentz Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Krentz Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Krentz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Newton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newton Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Westfield South Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westfield South Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2138947 <4>
- Continue List (147 more) ...
- East Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Richford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richford Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hancock Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hancock Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hancock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- East 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.
Pilot Knob itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pilot Knob, with the one closest to Pilot Knob listed first.
- Coloma
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Grand Marsh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Marsh have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Marsh
- Grand Marsh is located in Adams County
- New Chester ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chester
- New Chester is located in Adams County
- Richford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Adams Center ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adams Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Center
- Adams Center is located in Adams County
- Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
- Hancock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Roche a Cri ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roche a Cri have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roche a Cri
- Roche a Cri is located in Adams County
- Easton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Easton is located in Adams County
- Harrisville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrisville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Harrisville is located in Marquette County
- Dakota
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Arkdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Oxford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- White Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Creek
- White Creek is located in Adams County
- Plainfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Oxford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pilot Knob. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pilot Knob.
Newspapers Published in Pilot Knob ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pilot Knob.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pilot Knob, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pilot Knob.
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 Pilot Knob:
- 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 Adams 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 Lake County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Juneau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marquette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Portage 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
- Waushara County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wood 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 Adams County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Adams County
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Adams County: www.co.adams.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Pilot Knob, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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- Pilot Knob) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pilot Knob. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9875, Longitude: -89.6182 In this case, the coordinates for Pilot Knob have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |