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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 Sandstone Bluff (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 Sandstone Bluff. 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 Sandstone Bluff ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sandstone Bluff: Sandstone Blf. (or less commonly used: Sandstone Bluf.)
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 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.
Sandstone Bluff is located in Green Lake 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 Green Lake County: Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Waushara & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Sandstone Bluff. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sandstone Bluff:
- Green Lake County (The home county of Sandstone Bluff)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Bluff, with the one closest to Sandstone Bluff listed first.
- Green Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Utley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Markesan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Princeton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Princeton is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Berlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Marquette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Kingston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Bluff, with the one closest to Sandstone Bluff listed first.
- Friesland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Friesland is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Cambria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cambria is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Pardeeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Englewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Doylestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Rio
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Wyocena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyocena is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Former names for Wyocena:
- Duck Creek
- Wiocena
- Fall River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Otsego
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Bluff, with the one closest to Sandstone Bluff listed first.
- Fox Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fox Lake is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,440 people
- Waupun
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waupun is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
- Randolph
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Randolph is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Atwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Beaver Dam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
- Burnett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Brownsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Kekoskee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kekoskee is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kekoskee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 891 people
- Knowles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Knowles is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Minnesota Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
- Horicon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Horicon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Lomira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Bluff, with the one closest to Sandstone Bluff listed first.
- Ripon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Fairwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Metomen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Metomen is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metomen
- Brandon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- West Rosendale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- Rosendale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Ladoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Eldorado
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Woodhull
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
- Oakfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakfield is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- North Fond du Lac
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,059 people
- Fond du Lac
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fond du Lac is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fond du Lac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,178 people
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Bluff, with the one closest to Sandstone Bluff listed first.
- Neshkoro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Germania
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Montello
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Montello is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
- Glen Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Packwaukee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Endeavor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Endeavor is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Westfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Westfield is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
- Douglas Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Oxford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Bluff, with the one closest to Sandstone Bluff listed first.
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Redgranite
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Lohrville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Silver Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Poy Sippi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Pine River
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Mount Morris
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Wautoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wautoma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
- Saxeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- West Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Wild Rose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Winnebago County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sandstone Bluff, with the one closest to Sandstone Bluff listed first.
- Pickett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Fisk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fisk is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisk
- Omro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Omro is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,592 people
- Fitzgerald
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fitzgerald is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzgerald
- Harbor Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Springs is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Springs
- Reighmoor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reighmoor is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reighmoor
- Black Wolf
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Black Wolf is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Wolf
- Winneconne
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Winneconne is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winneconne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,480 people
- Stony Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Beach is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Beach
- Point Comfort
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Point Comfort is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Oshkosh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oshkosh is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oshkosh
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66,495 people
- Allenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allenville is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sandstone Bluff, see our County-by-County Page for Sandstone Bluff.
Cemeteries Near Sandstone Bluff ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sandstone Bluff.
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 Sandstone Bluff - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sandstone Bluff covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sandstone Bluff, with the one closest to Sandstone Bluff listed first.
- Lakeview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Green Lake Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dartford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bluffton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dayton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grand Prairie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Tom Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Weiser Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Seventh-day Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Phelps Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (253 more) ...
- Tichora Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Swatz Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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>
While we didn't find Sandstone Bluff in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sandstone Bluff.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sandstone Bluff, with the one closest to Sandstone Bluff listed first.
- Utley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Ripon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- Markesan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Fairwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Princeton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Princeton is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Rush Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rush Lake is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Lake
- Marquette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Brandon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Berlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Kingston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Alto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alto is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- West Rosendale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pickett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
- Rosendale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Eureka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sandstone Bluff. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sandstone Bluff.
Newspapers Published in Sandstone Bluff ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sandstone Bluff.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sandstone Bluff, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sandstone Bluff.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Sandstone Bluff:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Green Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dodge County
- Fond du Lac County
- Marquette County
- Waushara County
- Winnebago 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 Sandstone Bluff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sandstone Bluff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |