Welcome to Sherwood Forest Heights ...
Sherwood Forest Heights is located in Dane County<1>.
A typical abbreviation for Sherwood Forest Heights: Sherwood Frst. Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
Sherwood Forest Heights is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Sherwood Forest Heights lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Sherwood Forest Heights: 608 & 353<3>
Communities near Sherwood Forest Heights ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sherwood Forest Heights.
- Madison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Madison is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Sun Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
- Fitchburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Middleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Middleton is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
- Waunakee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Waunakee is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
- DeForest
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- DeForest is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
- McFarland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- McFarland is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,291 people
- Monona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Monona is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,164 people
- Windsor
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Windsor is located in Dane County
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- Cottage Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sherwood Forest Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sherwood Forest Heights.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sherwood Forest Heights. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sherwood Forest Heights.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherwood Forest Heights. See our Newspapers Page for Sherwood Forest Heights.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Dane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sherwood Forest Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Sherwood Forest Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Sherwood Forest Heights area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |