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 Sugar Island (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 Sugar Island. 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 Sugar Island ...
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 Sugar Island: Sugar Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sugar Island. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sugar Island.
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 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.
Sugar Island is located in Dodge 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 Dodge County: Columbia, Dane, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Jefferson, Washington & Waukesha.
Below are the counties that are near Sugar Island. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sugar Island:
- Dodge County (The home county of Sugar Island)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Island, with the one closest to Sugar Island listed first.
- Ashippun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ashippun is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashippun
- Neosho
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Neosho is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 543 people
- Hustisford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hustisford is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustisford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,060 people
- Clyman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clyman is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Woodland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Rubicon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rubicon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
- Iron Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Iron Ridge is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Huilsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Huilsburg is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huilsburg
- Neda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Neda is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neda
- Juneau
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Lowell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Reeseville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Reeseville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 673 people
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Island, with the one closest to Sugar Island listed first.
- Columbus
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Fall River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Englewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Island, with the one closest to Sugar Island listed first.
- Marshall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Marshall is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
- Cambridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cambridge is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,538 people
- Deerfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Deerfield is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,540 people
- Rockdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockdale is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- East Bristol
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Bristol is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
- Pierceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pierceville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Island, with the one closest to Sugar Island listed first.
- Saint Kilian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Kilian is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Kilian
- Kewaskum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kewaskum is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaskum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,296 people
- Ashford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ashford is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
- Elmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elmore is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Campbellsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Campbellsport is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,811 people
- Byron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- New Fane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Fane is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fane
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Island, with the one closest to Sugar Island listed first.
- Ixonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ixonia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ixonia
- Lake Lac La Belle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Lac La Belle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lac La Belle
- Lac La Belle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lac La Belle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lac La Belle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 302 people
- Watertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Watertown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
- Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Farmington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Grellton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grellton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grellton
- Sullivan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sullivan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Johnson Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,065 people
- Helenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Helenville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helenville
- Milford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Rome
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rome is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Milwaukee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Island, with the one closest to Sugar Island listed first.
- West Granville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Granville is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Granville
- Brown Deer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brown Deer is located in Milwaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Deer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,191 people
- Ozaukee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Island, with the one closest to Sugar Island listed first.
- Freistadt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Freistadt is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistadt
- Mequon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mequon is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mequon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,765 people
- Horns Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Horns Corners is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horns Corners
- Cedarburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cedarburg is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,783 people
- Thiensville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Thiensville is located in Ozaukee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thiensville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,116 people
- Racine County
- Caldwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Caldwell is located in Racine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
- Walworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Island, with the one closest to Sugar Island listed first.
- Little Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Little Prairie is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Whitewater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Whitewater is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,993 people
- Adams
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Adams is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- La Grange
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- La Grange is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Troy Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Troy Center is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Center
- Lake Beulah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Beulah is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Beulah
- Potter Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Lake is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Lake
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Island, with the one closest to Sugar Island listed first.
- Thompson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Thompson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Hartford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hartford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
- Lake Five
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lake Five is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Five
- Saint Lawrence
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Lawrence is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence
- Cedar Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Lake is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Slinger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slinger is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,704 people
- Allenton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Allenton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Rugby Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rugby Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby Junction
- Richfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Richfield is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
- Estimated population in 2015: 11,530 people
- Aurora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Cedar Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Jackson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jackson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,256 people
- Waukesha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sugar Island, with the one closest to Sugar Island listed first.
- Monterey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Oconomowoc
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oconomowoc is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,160 people
- Okauchee Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Okauchee Lake is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okauchee Lake
- Oconomowoc Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oconomowoc Lake is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconomowoc Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Okauchee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Okauchee is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okauchee
- Stonebank
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stonebank is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonebank
- Chenequa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chenequa is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenequa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Nashotah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nashotah is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,361 people
- Summit Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Center is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Center
- Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Summit is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,255 people
- Delafield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Delafield is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delafield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,559 people
- Hartland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,338 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sugar Island, see our County-by-County Page for Sugar Island.
Cemeteries Near Sugar Island ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sugar Island.
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 Sugar Island - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sugar Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sugar Island, with the one closest to Sugar Island listed first.
- St. Marks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Monterey Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Methodist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Monterey Methodist Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Monterey.
- The Monterey Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Monterey Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- Monterey Methodist Wegner Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2196670 <1>
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Welsh Presbyterian Cemetery
- Glenview Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Monterey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (302 more) ...
- Monterey Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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>
While we didn't find Sugar Island in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sugar Island.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sugar Island, with the one closest to Sugar Island listed first.
- Ashippun
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ashippun is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashippun
- Lebanon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lebanon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Ixonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ixonia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ixonia
- Monterey
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Pipersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pipersville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipersville
- Alderley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Alderley is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderley
- Neosho
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Neosho is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 543 people
- Hustisford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hustisford is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustisford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,060 people
- Clyman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clyman is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Concord is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Okauchee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Okauchee is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okauchee
- Thompson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Thompson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Woodland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Richwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Richwood is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
- Farmington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sugar Island. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sugar Island.
Newspapers Published in Sugar Island ...
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 161 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sugar Island.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sugar Island, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sugar Island.
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 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 Sugar Island:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dodge County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dane County
- Fond du Lac County
- Jefferson County
- Milwaukee County
- Ozaukee County
- Racine County
- Walworth County
- Washington County
- Waukesha 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 Sugar Island, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sugar Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |