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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Sauk City 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 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)- 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
- Moon Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Merrimac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Witwen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Denzer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Leland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Baraboo
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 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) - Rock Springs
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 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
- Loganville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loganville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Adams County
- Plainville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Lodi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Lake Wisconsin
(10 miles [16.1 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
(11 miles [17.7 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 northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Poynette
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - North Leeds
(20 miles [32.2 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
- 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
- Keyeser
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Wisconsin Dells
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Wyocena
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Rio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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) - Mazomanie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Black Earth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Martinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Dane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Cross Plains
(11 miles [17.7 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton Corners
- Ashton Corners is located in Dane County
- Ashton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Elvers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Waunakee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Middleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Klevenville
(17 miles [27.4 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
- 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
- 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) - Arena
(11 miles [17.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Hyde
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Barneveld
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Pleasant Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Ridgeway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Hollandale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- 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
- Dodgeville
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Moscow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Avoca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Marquette County
- Douglas Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Douglas Center
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sauk City, with the one closest to Sauk City listed first.
- Lone Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - Aubrey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Neptune
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Cazenovia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sauk City, see our County-by-County Page for 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]<2> of Sauk City.
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 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
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Sauk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Columbia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dane 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
- Marquette 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
- Adams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Sauk County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Sauk County
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.
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 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)- 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
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- 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
- Prairie du Sac Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- 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
- St. Norbert's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Norbert's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2144352 <3>
- Sauk Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sauk Prairie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89236 <3>
- Dunlap Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- 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
- Thoelke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Sunning Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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
- Kingston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
- Otter Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Otter Creek Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- 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.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
- Continue List (215 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Garden Bluff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garden Bluff Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87993 <3>
- St. Johns 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.<4>
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)- 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
- Roxbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Marxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Mazomanie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Cassell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Black Earth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Springfield Corners
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Okee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Denzer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Black Hawk
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Lodi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Arena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cross Plains
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Dane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Leland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cross Plains
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.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Sauk City: www.saukcity.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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sauk City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sauk City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2722, Longitude: -89.7287 In this case, the coordinates for Sauk City 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> | 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. |