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 Roxbury (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 Roxbury. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Roxbury is located in Dane 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 Dane County: Columbia, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Rock & Sauk.
Below are the counties that are near Roxbury. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Roxbury:
- Dane County (The home county of Roxbury)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxbury, with the one closest to Roxbury listed first.
- Marxville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Martinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Mazomanie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Dane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Black Earth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Cross Plains
(9 miles [14.5 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 Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton Corners
- Ashton Corners is located in Dane County
- Ashton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Waunakee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Middleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Elvers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Klevenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Klevenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- DeForest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- DeForest is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxbury, with the one closest to Roxbury listed first.
- Lodi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Okee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Lake Wisconsin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wisconsin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Harmony Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Poynette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - North Leeds
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Leeds have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Keyeser
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Portage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Portage is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- Rio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Wyocena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- 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
- Wisconsin Dells
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxbury, with the one closest to Roxbury listed first.
- Dayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Dayton is located in Green County
- New Glarus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxbury, with the one closest to Roxbury listed first.
- Cassell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Arena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Helena
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Barneveld
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Hyde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Ridgeway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Pleasant Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Hollandale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollandale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Moscow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- 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
- Richland County
- Lone Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lone Rock
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roxbury, with the one closest to Roxbury listed first.
- Prairie du Sac village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Sac village
- Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,426 people
- Sauk City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Merrimac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Moon Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Witwen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Denzer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Leland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Baraboo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- West Baraboo
(16 miles [25.7 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
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Rock Springs
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Spring Green
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Roxbury, see our County-by-County Page for Roxbury.
Newspapers Published in Roxbury ...
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 194 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roxbury.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roxbury, 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 Roxbury.
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 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 Roxbury:
- 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 Dane 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 County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Iowa County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Richland 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
- Columbia County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Dane County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Dane County
Cemeteries Near Roxbury ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roxbury.
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 Roxbury covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Roxbury, with the one closest to Roxbury listed first.
- St. Norbert's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Norbert's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2144352 <3>
- Dunlap Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunlap Cemetery
- Prairie du Sac Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie du Sac Cemetery
- Sauk City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sauk City Cemetery
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Aloysius Cemetery
- Sunning Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunning Hill Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Roxbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roxbury Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roxbury Cemetery
- Thoelke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thoelke Cemetery
- Garden Bluff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garden Bluff Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87993 <3>
- Sauk Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sauk Prairie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89236 <3>
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (211 more) ...
- Kingston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kingston Cemetery
- St. Barnabas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- The St. Barnabas Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Barnabus Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Barnabas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88898 <3>
- Old Black Earth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Old Black Earth Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- The Old Black Earth Cemetery has also been known as:
- George Beaty Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Black Earth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2405349 <3>
- Kingston 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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Roxbury had a population of 112 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Roxbury, with the one closest to Roxbury listed first.
- Prairie du Sac village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Sac village
- Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,426 people
- Sauk City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Marxville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Springfield Corners
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Mazomanie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Black Earth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Dane
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Lodi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Okee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Cross Plains
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Cassell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Ashton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Waunakee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Denzer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Black Hawk
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Waunakee
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Roxbury. See our List of 1890's Communities around Roxbury.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Roxbury. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Dane County: www.co.dane.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 '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- Roxbury) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Roxbury. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2494, Longitude: -89.6754 In this case, the coordinates for Roxbury 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Roxbury, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |