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 Westfield (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 Westfield. 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 southwest 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 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.
Westfield is located in Marquette 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 Marquette County: Adams, Columbia, Green Lake & Waushara.
Below are the counties that are near Westfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Westfield:
- Marquette County (The home county of Westfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield, with the one closest to Westfield listed first.
- Packwaukee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Montello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montello is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
- Germania
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Endeavor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Endeavor is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Glen Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Douglas Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Neshkoro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield, with the one closest to Westfield listed first.
- Pilot Knob ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pilot Knob is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Easton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Easton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Adams
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Friendship
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Plainville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Arkdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Big Flats
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Leola
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Leola is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
- Strongs Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Rome is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield, with the one closest to Westfield listed first.
- Wisconsin Dells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Portage
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Portage is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- Pardeeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Wyocena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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
- Friesland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Friesland is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Cambria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cambria is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield, with the one closest to Westfield listed first.
- Princeton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Princeton is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Marquette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Kingston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Green Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Berlin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Markesan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield, with the one closest to Westfield listed first.
- Lyndon Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Lemonweir
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Mauston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mauston is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,358 people
- Necedah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield, with the one closest to Westfield listed first.
- Almond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Blaine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield, with the one closest to Westfield listed first.
- Lake Delton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Delton is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Delton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,986 people
- Baraboo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
- Waushara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Westfield, with the one closest to Westfield listed first.
- Coloma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coloma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Wautoma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wautoma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
- Hancock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hancock is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Silver Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Lohrville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Mount Morris
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Plainfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Redgranite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Wild Rose
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Pine River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Saxeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Poy Sippi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Westfield, see our County-by-County Page for Westfield.
Cemeteries Near Westfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westfield.
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 Westfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Westfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Westfield, with the one closest to Westfield listed first.
- Westfield South Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Krentz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sheldon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Newton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oxford Village Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Village Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oxford Village Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Oxford.
- The Oxford Village Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oxford Cemetery
- Village Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1967858 <1>
- Kelly Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (175 more) ...
- Hodge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Matz - Tagatz Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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 Westfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Westfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Westfield, with the one closest to Westfield listed first.
- Harrisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harrisville is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- New Chester ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Chester is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chester
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Packwaukee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Pilot Knob ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pilot Knob is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Montello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montello is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
- Dakota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dakota is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Richford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Richford is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richford
- Coloma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Coloma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
- Grand Marsh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grand Marsh is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Marsh
- Germania
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Douglas Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Easton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Easton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Neshkoro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Adams Center ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Adams Center is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Westfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Westfield.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Westfield ...
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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westfield.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Westfield. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Westfield and those printed in the larger area surrounding Westfield.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Westfield.
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 websites either 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 Westfield:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Marquette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Columbia County
- Green Lake County
- Juneau County
- Portage County
- Sauk County
- Waushara 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 Westfield, 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 from Point A (ie- Westfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |