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 South Wayne (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 South Wayne. 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 South Wayne ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for South Wayne: S. Wayne
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 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.
South Wayne is located in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County: Jo Daviess (IL), Stephenson (IL), Grant, Green & Iowa.
Below are the counties that are near South Wayne. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Wayne:
- Lafayette County (The home county of South Wayne)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Wayne, with the one closest to South Wayne listed first.
- Woodford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Wiota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Gratiot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Argyle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Darlington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Blanchardville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Shullsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Calamine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- White Oak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Etna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- New Diggings
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- New Diggings is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Diggings
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Wayne, with the one closest to South Wayne listed first.
- Belleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belleville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,514 people
- Basco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Basco is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basco
- Paoli
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paoli is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Wayne, with the one closest to South Wayne listed first.
- Cuba City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Hazel Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Wayne, with the one closest to South Wayne listed first.
- Browntown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Cadiz
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cadiz is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Monroe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,426 people
- Twin Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Twin Grove is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Grove
- Monticello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- New Glarus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Mineral Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Albany
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Albany is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
- Attica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Brodhead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brodhead is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- Dayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Wayne, with the one closest to South Wayne listed first.
- Moscow
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hollandale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Mineral Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Barneveld
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Ridgeway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Dodgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Rock County
- Avon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Carroll County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Wayne, with the one closest to South Wayne listed first.
- Polsgrove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Polsgrove is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polsgrove
- Zier Cors
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Zier Cors is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zier Cors
- Georgetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Carroll County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Shannon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Wayne, with the one closest to South Wayne listed first.
- Warren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
- Nora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nora is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nora <1>
- Apple River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stockton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scales Mound
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Elizabeth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bremen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bremen is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremen
- Hanover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Galena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Galena is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,151 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galena <1>
- Aiken
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aiken is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Ogle County (IL)
- Baileyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stephenson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Wayne, with the one closest to South Wayne listed first.
- Winslow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McConnell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oneco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Lena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <1>
- Orangeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Salem is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Red Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Red Oak is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
- Eleroy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Afolkey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Afolkey is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afolkey
- Cedarville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Winnebago County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Wayne, with the one closest to South Wayne listed first.
- Lake Summerset
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Summerset is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Summerset
- Durand
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Durand is located in Winnebago County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durand <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Wayne, see our County-by-County Page for South Wayne.
Cemeteries Near South Wayne ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Wayne.
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 South Wayne - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Wayne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Wayne, with the one closest to South Wayne listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Eastman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hoffman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- La Due Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Wiota Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Christian Hollow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Lily Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saucerman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (233 more) ...
- Michael Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Schellenger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 South Wayne had a population of 285 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, South Wayne had a population of 472 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Wayne, with the one closest to South Wayne listed first.
- Browntown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Martintown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Martintown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martintown
- Woodford
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Warren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <1>
- Gratiot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Nora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nora is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nora <1>
- Argyle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Waddams Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Waddams Grove is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddams Grove
- Lamont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lamont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
- Apple River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- McConnell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oneco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Clarno
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Clarno is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarno
- Dunbarton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dunbarton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Lena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lena is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Wayne. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Wayne.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of South Wayne ...
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 South Wayne.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of South Wayne. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of South Wayne and those printed in the larger area surrounding South Wayne.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of South Wayne.
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 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 South Wayne:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Lafayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dane County
- Grant County
- Green County
- Iowa County
- Rock County
- Carroll County
- Jo Daviess County
- Ogle County
- Stephenson County
- Winnebago County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- South Wayne) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 South Wayne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |