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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 Prairie du Sac village (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 Prairie du Sac village. 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 Prairie du Sac village ...

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: Prairie du Sauk.

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.

Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk 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 Sauk County: Adams, Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Juneau, Richland & Vernon.

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

  • Sauk County     (The home county of Prairie du Sac village)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie du Sac village, with the one closest to Prairie du Sac village listed first.
    • Sauk City
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sauk City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk City
      • Sauk City is located in Sauk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,498 people
    • Moon Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Witwen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Merrimac
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrimac have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
      • Merrimac is located in Sauk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
    • Denzer
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Leland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Baraboo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • West Baraboo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Baraboo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
      • West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
    • North Freedom
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
      • North Freedom is located in Sauk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
    • Plain
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plain have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
      • Plain is located in Sauk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
    • Rock Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
      • Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
    • Loganville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Green
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
      • Spring Green is located in Sauk County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
  • Adams County
  • Columbia County
  • Dane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie du Sac village, with the one closest to Prairie du Sac village listed first.
    • Marxville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mazomanie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mazomanie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
      • Mazomanie is located in Dane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
    • Black Earth
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Martinsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dane
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
      • Dane is located in Dane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
    • Cross Plains
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
      • Cross Plains is located in Dane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
    • Ashton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashton Corners
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Elvers
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Waunakee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waunakee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
      • Waunakee is located in Dane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
    • Middleton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middleton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
      • Middleton is located in Dane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
    • Blue Mounds
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Mounds have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
      • Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
    • Klevenville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Iowa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie du Sac village, with the one closest to Prairie du Sac village listed first.
    • Cassell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Arena
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Helena
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hyde
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Barneveld
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barneveld have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
      • Barneveld is located in Iowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Ridgeway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgeway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
      • Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
    • Hollandale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Dodgeville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
      • Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
    • Avoca
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avoca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Avoca is located in Iowa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
  • Juneau County
    • Lyndon Station
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyndon Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
      • Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
  • Marquette County
  • Richland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prairie du Sac village, with the one closest to Prairie du Sac village listed first.
    • Bear Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Lone Rock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
      • Lone Rock is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
    • Neptune
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Cazenovia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Aubrey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Ithaca
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Sextonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Prairie du Sac village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prairie du Sac village.

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 Prairie du Sac village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prairie du Sac village, with the one closest to Prairie du Sac village listed first.

  • Prairie du Sac Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie du Sac Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie du Sac Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sauk City Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sauk City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sauk City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Aloysius Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Aloysius Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Aloysius Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sauk Prairie Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Norbert's Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Thoelke Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thoelke Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thoelke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dunlap Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunlap Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunlap Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kingston Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kingston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kingston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Miller Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sunning Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunning Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunning Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Garden Bluff Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (220 more) ...
    • Otter Creek Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Otter Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Otter Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Oak Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Cassell Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cassell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cassell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Prairie du Sac village had a population of 562 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Prairie du Sac village had a population of 4,426 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Prairie du Sac village, with the one closest to Prairie du Sac village listed first.

  • Sauk City
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sauk City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk City
    • Sauk City is located in Sauk County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,498 people
  • Roxbury
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roxbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
    • Roxbury is located in Dane County
  • Marxville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mazomanie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mazomanie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
    • Mazomanie is located in Dane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
  • Okee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Denzer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cassell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Black Earth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Springfield Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springfield Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Corners
    • Springfield Corners is located in Dane County
  • Lodi
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Black Hawk
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Hawk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
    • Black Hawk is located in Sauk County
  • Dane
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
    • Dane is located in Dane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Leland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Arena
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cross Plains
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cross Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
      • Cross Plains is located in Dane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Prairie du Sac village ...

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 187 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie du Sac village.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Prairie du Sac village. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Prairie du Sac village and those printed in the larger area surrounding Prairie du Sac village.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5> of Prairie du Sac village.

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 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 Prairie du Sac village:

The official website for Prairie du Sac village: www.prairiedusac.net/

The official website for Sauk County: www.co.sauk.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>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.
<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 Prairie du Sac village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Prairie du Sac village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prairie du Sac village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2856, Longitude: -89.7294    









 

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