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 Pleasant Point (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 Pleasant Point. 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 Pleasant Point ...
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 Pleasant Point: Pleasant Pt.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Pleasant Point is located in Green Lake 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 Green Lake County: Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Waushara & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Point:
- Green Lake County (The home county of Pleasant Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Point, with the one closest to Pleasant Point listed first.
- Green Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Markesan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Princeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Marquette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Kingston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Point, with the one closest to Pleasant Point listed first.
- Friesland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Cambria
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Pardeeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pardeeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Englewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Doylestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Rio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest) - Wyocena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
- Wyocena is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Former names for Wyocena:
- Duck Creek
- Wiocena
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Point, with the one closest to Pleasant Point listed first.
- Waupun
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Fox Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Randolph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Atwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Burnett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Beaver Dam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Dam have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
- Brownsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Kekoskee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Knowles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Lomira
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Horicon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast) - Mayville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Point, with the one closest to Pleasant Point listed first.
- Ripon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Fairwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- West Rosendale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Brandon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Rosendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Eldorado
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Ladoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- Woodhull
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - North Fond du Lac
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Fond du Lac have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
- North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
- Oakfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Fond du Lac
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
- Minawa Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minawa Beach
- Minawa Beach is located in Fond du Lac County
- Byron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Point, with the one closest to Pleasant Point listed first.
- Neshkoro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Germania
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west) - Montello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west) - Glen Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Packwaukee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Endeavor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Westfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Waupaca County
- Fremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Fremont is located in Waupaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Fremont
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Point, with the one closest to Pleasant Point listed first.
- Lohrville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Redgranite
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redgranite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
- Poy Sippi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Silver Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Pine River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Mount Morris
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Morris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Wautoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Saxeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- West Bloomfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Wild Rose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Point, with the one closest to Pleasant Point listed first.
- Pickett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Fisk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Omro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Harbor Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Reighmoor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Black Wolf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Wolf have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Winneconne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winneconne have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Stony Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Point Comfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Oshkosh
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Allenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Orihula
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orihula
- Orihula is located in Winnebago County
- Zittau
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zittau
- Zittau is located in Winnebago County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Point, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Point.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Point ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Point, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Point.
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 Pleasant Point:
- 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 Green Lake 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
- Fond du Lac 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
- Waupaca 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
- Winnebago 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 Green Lake County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Green Lake County
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Point.
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 Pleasant Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Point, with the one closest to Pleasant Point listed first.
- Dartford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dartford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dartford Cemetery
- Lakeview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
- Green Lake Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Lake Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Lake Center Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
- Bluffton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bluffton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bluffton Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
- Seventh-day Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seventh-day Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seventh-day Cemetery
- Swatz Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swatz Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swatz Family Cemetery
- Weiser Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weiser Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weiser Cemetery
- Reeds Corners Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reeds Corners Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reeds Corners Cemetery
- Loper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Loper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loper Cemetery
- Mt. Tom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Tom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Tom Cemetery
- Continue List (244 more) ...
- Dayton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dayton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87778 <3>
- Grand Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand Prairie Cemetery
- Fairwater Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairwater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairwater Cemetery
- Dayton 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 Pleasant Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Point, with the one closest to Pleasant Point listed first.
- Ripon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Utley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Fairwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Rush Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Markesan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Berlin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Princeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Brandon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- West Rosendale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Pickett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Marquette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Eureka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kingston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Alto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Rosendale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kingston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Point.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pleasant Point. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Green Lake County: www.co.green-lake.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> | 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- Pleasant Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pleasant Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8372, Longitude: -88.9362 In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Pleasant Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |