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 Spring Green (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 Spring Green. 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 Spring Green ...
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 Spring Green: Spring Grn.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Spring Green. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spring Green.
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 doctors and 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.
Spring Green 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 Spring Green. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spring Green:
- Sauk County (The home county of Spring Green)
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Green, with the one closest to Spring Green listed first.
- Plain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Witwen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Leland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Denzer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Sandusky
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sandusky is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
- Sauk City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sauk City is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,498 people
- Loganville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Loganville is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Prairie du Sac village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Lime Ridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lime Ridge is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Rock Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- North Freedom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Moon Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Green, with the one closest to Spring Green listed first.
- Okee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Lodi
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Harmony Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Green, with the one closest to Spring Green listed first.
- Mazomanie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- Elvers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elvers is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvers
- Black Earth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Blue Mounds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Marxville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Marxville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marxville
- Mount Horeb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Cross Plains
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Klevenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Martinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Ashton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Ashton Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ashton Corners is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton Corners
- Dane
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Green, with the one closest to Spring Green listed first.
- Muscoda
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Muscoda is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
- Montfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Blue River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Blue River is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
- Livingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Preston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Annaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Green, with the one closest to Spring Green listed first.
- Helena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Arena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Pleasant Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Hyde
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Cassell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Ridgeway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Avoca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Dodgeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Barneveld
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Edmund
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Highland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Cobb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Green, with the one closest to Spring Green listed first.
- Blanchardville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Calamine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Spring Green, with the one closest to Spring Green listed first.
- Lone Rock
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Bear Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Sextonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Aubrey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aubrey is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Ithaca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ithaca is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Neptune
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Neptune is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Richland Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Richland Center is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,949 people
- Balmoral
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Balmoral is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmoral
- Cazenovia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cazenovia is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cazenovia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Boaz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boaz is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Gillingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gillingham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillingham
- Hub City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hub City is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spring Green, see our County-by-County Page for Spring Green.
Cemeteries Near Spring Green ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Green.
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 Spring Green - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Green covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spring Green, with the one closest to Spring Green listed first.
- Old Helena Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Big Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lone Rock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Otter Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Arena Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Griffith Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (211 more) ...
- Ruggles Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Button Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- St. Malachy Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Spring Green had a population of 625 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Spring Green had a population of 1,630 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spring Green, with the one closest to Spring Green listed first.
- Helena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Arena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Plain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Cassell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Black Hawk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Black Hawk is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
- Bear Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Valley is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Gotham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gotham is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotham
- Leland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Mazomanie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- Keyesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Keyesville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyesville
- Sextonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sextonville is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextonville
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Avoca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Avoca is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
- Dodgeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Barneveld
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spring Green. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spring Green.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Spring Green ...
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 145 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Green.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Spring Green. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Spring Green and those printed in the larger area surrounding Spring Green.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Spring Green.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Spring Green:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Sauk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dane County
- Grant County
- Iowa County
- Lafayette 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 Spring Green, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spring Green) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |