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 Sauk City (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 Sauk City. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Sauk City is located in Sauk 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 Sauk County: Adams, Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Juneau, Richland & Vernon.
Below are the counties that are near Sauk City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sauk City:
- Sauk County (The home county of Sauk City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sauk City, with the one closest to Sauk City listed first.
- Prairie du Sac village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Sac village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,426 people
- Moon Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Merrimac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Witwen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Denzer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Leland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Baraboo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- West Baraboo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- North Freedom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Plain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Rock Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Spring Green
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Adams County
- Plainville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sauk City, with the one closest to Sauk City listed first.
- Okee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Lodi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Lake Wisconsin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Harmony Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Poynette
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Poynette is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
- North Leeds
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Portage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Portage is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- Keyeser
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Keyeser is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyeser
- Wisconsin Dells
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Wyocena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sauk City, with the one closest to Sauk City listed first.
- Marxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marxville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
- Mazomanie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- Black Earth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Martinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Dane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dane is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Cross Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Ashton Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton Corners is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton Corners
- Ashton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Elvers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elvers is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvers
- Waunakee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Waunakee is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
- Middleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
- Pheasant Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sauk City, with the one closest to Sauk City listed first.
- Cassell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Arena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Helena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Hyde
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Barneveld
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Pleasant Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Ridgeway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Hollandale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Dodgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Moscow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Avoca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Marquette County
- Douglas Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sauk City, with the one closest to Sauk City listed first.
- Bear Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Lone Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Aubrey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Ithaca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Neptune
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Sextonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Cazenovia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sauk City, see our County-by-County Page for Sauk City.
Cemeteries Near Sauk City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sauk City.
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 Sauk City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sauk City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sauk City, with the one closest to Sauk City listed first.
- Sauk City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Prairie du Sac Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Norbert's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sauk Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thoelke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sunning Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kingston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Otter Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roxbury Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Garden Bluff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Sauk City had a population of 876 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Sauk City had a population of 3,498 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sauk City, with the one closest to Sauk City listed first.
- Prairie du Sac village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Sac village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,426 people
- Roxbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Roxbury is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Marxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marxville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
- Mazomanie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- Cassell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Black Earth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Springfield Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield Corners is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Corners
- Okee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Denzer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Black Hawk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Black Hawk is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
- Lodi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Arena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cross Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Dane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dane is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Leland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sauk City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sauk City.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Sauk City ...
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 188 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sauk City.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Sauk City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Sauk City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Sauk City.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> of Sauk City.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Sauk City:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Sauk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Columbia County
- Dane County
- Iowa County
- Marquette County
- Richland 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 Sauk City, 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- Sauk City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |