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 Sunset Beach (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 Sunset Beach. 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 Sunset Beach ...
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 Sunset Beach: Sunset Bch.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sunset Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sunset Beach.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Sunset Beach 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 Sunset Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunset Beach:
- Dodge County (The home county of Sunset Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Beach, with the one closest to Sunset Beach listed first.
- Beaver Dam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
- Fox Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Lake is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,440 people
- Burnett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Atwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Randolph is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Minnesota Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
- Juneau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Waupun
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waupun is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waupun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,271 people
- Lowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lowell is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Horicon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Horicon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Astico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Astico is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
- Reeseville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- 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 Sunset Beach, with the one closest to Sunset Beach listed first.
- Friesland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Friesland is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Englewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Fall River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Cambria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cambria is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Columbus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Doylestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Otsego
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Rio
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Pardeeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Wyocena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Wyocena is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Former names for Wyocena:
- Duck Creek
- Wiocena
- Keyeser
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Keyeser is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyeser
- North Leeds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Beach, with the one closest to Sunset Beach listed first.
- East Bristol
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Bristol is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
- North Bristol
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Bristol is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
- Marshall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
- Sun Prairie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
- DeForest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- DeForest is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
- Morrisonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisonville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Pierceville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Sunset Beach, with the one closest to Sunset Beach listed first.
- Brandon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Brandon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Fairwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fairwater is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Ladoga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ladoga is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladoga
- Metomen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Metomen is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metomen
- Oakfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakfield is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- Ripon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ripon is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,844 people
- West Rosendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rosendale
- Byron
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Byron is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
- Rosendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rosendale is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Woodhull
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Woodhull is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhull
- Ashford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ashford is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford
- Eldorado
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eldorado is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Beach, with the one closest to Sunset Beach listed first.
- Utley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Utley is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley
- Markesan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Kingston
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Marquette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Green Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Princeton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Princeton is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Beach, with the one closest to Sunset Beach listed first.
- Waterloo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
- Watertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Watertown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
- Grellton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Grellton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grellton
- Milford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Milford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Ixonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ixonia is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ixonia
- Johnson Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Johnson Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,065 people
- Lake Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
- Lac La Belle
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Farmington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Lake Lac La Belle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Lac La Belle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lac La Belle
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Beach, with the one closest to Sunset Beach listed first.
- Glen Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Montello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montello is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunset Beach, with the one closest to Sunset Beach listed first.
- Allenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Allenton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Wayne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wayne is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
- Hartford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,675 people
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Aurora is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
- Saint Lawrence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Lawrence is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence
- Thompson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Cedar Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Lake is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
- Waukesha County
- Monterey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey is located in Waukesha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Winnebago County
- Pickett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pickett is located in Winnebago County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunset Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Sunset Beach.
Cemeteries Near Sunset Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunset Beach.
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 Sunset Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunset Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunset Beach, with the one closest to Sunset Beach listed first.
- English Prairie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calamus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- First Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Cemetery
- The St. Michael Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cmentarz SW. Michala
- St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1994218 <1>
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Peter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oakwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (284 more) ...
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Sunset Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunset Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunset Beach, with the one closest to Sunset Beach listed first.
- Fox Lake Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Lake Junction is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake Junction
- Beaver Dam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
- Fox Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Lake is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,440 people
- Lost Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Lake is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Lake
- Rolling Prairie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Prairie is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Prairie
- Burnett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burnett is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Atwater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Atwater is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwater
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Randolph is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Minnesota Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
- Juneau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Fall River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Lowell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lowell is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Horicon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Horicon is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horicon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,680 people
- Alto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Alto is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Cambria
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cambria is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunset Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunset Beach.
Newspapers Published in Sunset Beach ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunset Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunset Beach, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunset Beach.
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 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 Sunset Beach:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dodge County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dane County
- Fond du Lac County
- Green Lake County
- Jefferson County
- Marquette County
- Washington County
- Waukesha County
- Winnebago 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 Sunset Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sunset Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |