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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 West Middleton (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 West Middleton. 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 West Middleton ...
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 West Middleton: W. Middleton
You might be interested in other communities that are also named West Middleton. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Middleton.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
West Middleton is located in Dane 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 Dane County: Columbia, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Rock & Sauk.
Below are the counties that are near West Middleton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Middleton:
- Dane County (The home county of West Middleton)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Middleton, with the one closest to West Middleton listed first.
- Middleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
- Ashton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Pheasant Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Cross Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Verona
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
- Klevenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Pilgrim Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pilgrim Village is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Village
- Shorewood Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shorewood Hills is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Ashton Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashton Corners is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton Corners
- Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Martinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Martinsville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Fitchburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Middleton, with the one closest to West Middleton listed first.
- Lodi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Okee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Harmony Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Lake Wisconsin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Arlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Keyeser
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Keyeser is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyeser
- North Leeds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Poynette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Poynette is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Middleton, with the one closest to West Middleton listed first.
- Dayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- New Glarus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Attica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- Monticello
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Monticello is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Mineral Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mineral Point is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Albany
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Albany is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Middleton, with the one closest to West Middleton listed first.
- Barneveld
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Barneveld is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
- Cassell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Arena
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Hyde
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Moscow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Ridgeway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Hollandale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Helena
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Helena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Pleasant Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Dodgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Middleton, with the one closest to West Middleton listed first.
- Lake Ripley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Ripley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ripley
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Middleton, with the one closest to West Middleton listed first.
- Blanchardville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Argyle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Argyle is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Middleton, with the one closest to West Middleton listed first.
- Union
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Cooksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Evansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Evansville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
- Magnolia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Fulton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Edgerton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edgerton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,595 people
- Indianford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indianford is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianford
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Middleton, with the one closest to West Middleton listed first.
- Sauk City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sauk City is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,498 people
- Prairie du Sac village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Merrimac
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Moon Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Witwen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Denzer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
- Leland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leland is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Spring Green
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Green is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
- Plain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plain is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
- Baraboo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- West Baraboo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Middleton, see our County-by-County Page for West Middleton.
Cemeteries Near West Middleton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Middleton.
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 West Middleton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Middleton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Middleton, with the one closest to West Middleton listed first.
- Middleton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sunset Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Bernards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary of Pine Bluff Catholic Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Ignatius Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Madison.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87944 <1>
- Resurrection Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Resurrection Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Madison.
- The Resurrection Cemetery has also been known as:
- Calvary Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #343777 <1>
- North Side Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (188 more) ...
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Williams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kingsley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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 in 1895, West Middleton had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Middleton, with the one closest to West Middleton listed first.
- Riley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riley is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Middleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
- Pine Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Bluff is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Klevenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Klevenville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klevenville
- Verona
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Verona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
- Pheasant Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Ashton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Cross Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Plains is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,280 people
- Mount Horeb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people
- Mount Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Fitchburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Paoli
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Paoli is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paoli
- Syene ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Syene is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syene
- Springfield Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Springfield Corners is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Middleton. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Middleton.
Newspapers Published in West Middleton ...
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 244 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Middleton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Middleton, 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 West Middleton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 West Middleton:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Green County
- Iowa County
- Jefferson County
- Lafayette County
- Rock County
- Sauk 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 West Middleton, 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- West Middleton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |