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 Waldwick (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 Waldwick. 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.
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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Waldwick is located in Iowa 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 Iowa County: Dane, Grant, Green, Lafayette, Richland & Sauk.
Below are the counties that are near Waldwick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Waldwick:
- Iowa County (The home county of Waldwick)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldwick, with the one closest to Waldwick listed first.
- Hollandale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Mineral Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Moscow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Dodgeville
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Ridgeway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Linden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Barneveld
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Pleasant Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Edmund
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edmund is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmund
- Hyde
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Cobb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cobb is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Rewey
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rewey is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rewey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Centreville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Centreville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville
- Former name for Centreville:
- Dry Bone
- Dane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldwick, with the one closest to Waldwick listed first.
- Blue Mounds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Elvers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elvers is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elvers
- Mount Horeb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Klevenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Belleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Belleville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,514 people
- Black Earth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Earth is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Earth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422 people
- Basco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Basco is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basco
- Paoli
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Paoli is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Mazomanie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mazomanie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazomanie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,715 people
- Verona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Verona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
- Cross Plains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldwick, with the one closest to Waldwick listed first.
- Livingston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Livingston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Montfort
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montfort is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montfort
- Population from the 2020 Census: 675 people
- Platteville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Cuba City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Annaton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Annaton is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annaton
- Preston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Preston is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Hazel Green
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Stitzer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stitzer is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stitzer
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldwick, with the one closest to Waldwick listed first.
- New Glarus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Browntown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Browntown is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Monticello
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Cadiz
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cadiz is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Monroe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,426 people
- Dayton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Attica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Mineral Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldwick, with the one closest to Waldwick listed first.
- Calamine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Blanchardville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Darlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Argyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Wiota
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wiota is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiota
- Woodford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodford is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
- Belmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Gratiot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratiot
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- South Wayne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Wayne is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wayne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Shullsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Elk Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Grove is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
- Fort Gratiot ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Gratiot is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gratiot
- Former name for Fort Gratiot:
- Gratiot Grove
- Etna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Richland County
- Lone Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lone Rock is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Sauk County
- Spring Green
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Jo Daviess County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldwick, with the one closest to Waldwick listed first.
- Apple River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Warren
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Scales Mound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stephenson County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waldwick, with the one closest to Waldwick listed first.
- Winslow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oneco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oneco is located in Stephenson County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneco
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Waldwick, see our County-by-County Page for Waldwick.
Cemeteries Near Waldwick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waldwick.
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 Waldwick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Waldwick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Waldwick, with the one closest to Waldwick listed first.
- County Line Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Willow Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Willow Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Michaels Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hollandale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pillings Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Andrews Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Long Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Mineral Point Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (166 more) ...
- St. Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Yellowstone Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garrison Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Waldwick in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Waldwick.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Waldwick, with the one closest to Waldwick listed first.
- Yellowstone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yellowstone is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone
- Fayette
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Jonesdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jonesdale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesdale
- Hollandale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Mineral Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Calamine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Calamine is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calamine
- Lamont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lamont is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
- Blanchardville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Moscow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Darlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Dodgeville
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Truman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Truman is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truman
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Argyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Linden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Linden is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Barneveld
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Waldwick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waldwick.
Newspapers Published in Waldwick ...
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 151 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waldwick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waldwick, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Waldwick.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Waldwick:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Iowa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dane County
- Grant County
- Green County
- Lafayette County
- Richland County
- Sauk County
- Jo Daviess County
- Stephenson 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> | 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 Waldwick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Waldwick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |