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 Richwood (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 Richwood. 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 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.
Richwood is located in Dodge 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 Dodge County: Columbia, Dane, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Washington & Waukesha.
Below are the counties that are near Richwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richwood:
- Dodge County (The home county of Richwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwood, with the one closest to Richwood listed first.
- Clyman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clyman is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Reeseville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Reeseville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 673 people
- Lowell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Astico
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Astico is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
- Juneau
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Hustisford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hustisford is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustisford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,060 people
- Ashippun
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ashippun is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashippun
- Neosho
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Neosho is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 543 people
- Beaver Dam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
- Minnesota Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
- Horicon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Horicon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Woodland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwood, with the one closest to Richwood listed first.
- Columbus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Fall River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Englewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Doylestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Otsego
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Keyeser
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Keyeser is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyeser
- Cambria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cambria is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Friesland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Friesland is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Rio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- North Leeds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Arlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwood, with the one closest to Richwood listed first.
- Marshall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Marshall is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
- East Bristol
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Bristol is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
- Cambridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,538 people
- Deerfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deerfield is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,540 people
- Pierceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pierceville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- North Bristol
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Bristol is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
- Rockdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Sun Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
- Cottage Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- Door Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Door Creek is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Creek
- Burke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Burke is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Fond du Lac County
- Saint Kilian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Kilian is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Kilian
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwood, with the one closest to Richwood listed first.
- Watertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Watertown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
- Grellton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grellton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grellton
- Milford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Milford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Johnson Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Johnson Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,065 people
- Ixonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ixonia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ixonia
- Waterloo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
- Farmington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Lake Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
- Lac La Belle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lac La Belle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac La Belle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Lake Lac La Belle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lac La Belle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lac La Belle
- Concord
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Helenville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Helenville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helenville
- Walworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwood, with the one closest to Richwood listed first.
- Whitewater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Whitewater is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,993 people
- Little Prairie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Prairie is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwood, with the one closest to Richwood listed first.
- Hartford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hartford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
- Thompson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Thompson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Saint Lawrence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Saint Lawrence is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence
- Cedar Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cedar Lake is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Lake Five
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Five is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Five
- Slinger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Slinger is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,704 people
- Allenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Allenton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Aurora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Cedar Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Rugby Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rugby Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby Junction
- Richfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Richfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
- Estimated population in 2015: 11,530 people
- Wayne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
- Waukesha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Richwood, with the one closest to Richwood listed first.
- Monterey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Monterey is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Oconomowoc
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
- Stonebank
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stonebank is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebank
- Oconomowoc Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oconomowoc Lake is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Okauchee Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Okauchee Lake is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okauchee Lake
- Okauchee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Okauchee is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okauchee
- Summit Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Center is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Center
- Summit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summit is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,255 people
- Chenequa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chenequa is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenequa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Nashotah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nashotah is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,361 people
- Delafield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Delafield is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delafield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,559 people
- Dousman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dousman is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dousman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richwood, see our County-by-County Page for Richwood.
Cemeteries Near Richwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richwood.
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 Richwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richwood, with the one closest to Richwood listed first.
- Richwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Emmet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Henry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moravian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Assumption Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Isidore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (281 more) ...
- The Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clyman Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Richwood had a population of 177 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richwood, with the one closest to Richwood listed first.
- Hubbleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbleton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbleton
- Clyman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Clyman is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Reeseville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Reeseville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 673 people
- Lowell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Lebanon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lebanon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Pipersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pipersville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipersville
- Milford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Milford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Danville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Danville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Waterloo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
- Johnson Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Johnson Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,065 people
- Ixonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ixonia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ixonia
- Hustisford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hustisford is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustisford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,060 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Juneau
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Aztalan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Aztalan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aztalan
- Farmington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richwood.
Newspapers Published in Richwood ...
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 144 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richwood, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richwood.
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 Richwood:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dodge County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dane County
- Fond du Lac County
- Jefferson County
- Walworth County
- Washington County
- Waukesha County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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 Richwood, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Richwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |