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 Wingra Park (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 Wingra Park. 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 northeast 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 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.
Wingra Park 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 Wingra Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wingra Park:
- Dane County (The home county of Wingra Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wingra Park, with the one closest to Wingra Park listed first.
- Madison
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Shorewood Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shorewood Hills is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
- Pilgrim Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pilgrim Village is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Village
- Syene ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Syene is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syene
- Monona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Monona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,164 people
- Maple Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Bluff is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,307 people
- Pheasant Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Fitchburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Mendota
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mendota is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Darwin is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Middleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
- McFarland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McFarland is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,291 people
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wingra Park, with the one closest to Wingra Park listed first.
- Lodi
(18 miles [29 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
- Keyeser
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Keyeser is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyeser
- Arlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- North Leeds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Okee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Okee is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okee
- Harmony Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Lake Wisconsin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Poynette
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Otsego
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Durwards Glen is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durwards Glen
- Columbus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- Doylestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Dodge County
- Astico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Astico is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
- Green County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wingra Park, with the one closest to Wingra Park listed first.
- Dayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Attica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Attica is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
- New Glarus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Glarus is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glarus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,136 people
- Monticello
(23 miles [37 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
- Albany
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Albany is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 977 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
- Brodhead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brodhead is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- Iowa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wingra Park, with the one closest to Wingra Park listed first.
- Barneveld
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cassell is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassell
- Arena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Arena is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Moscow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Moscow is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Hyde
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hyde is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde
- Hollandale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hollandale is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
- Ridgeway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wingra Park, with the one closest to Wingra Park listed first.
- Lake Ripley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Ripley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ripley
- Waterloo
(23 miles [37 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
- Lake Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
- Carcajou
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carcajou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carcajou
- Lake Koshkonong
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Koshkonong is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Koshkonong
- Milford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Fort Atkinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fort Atkinson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,372 people
- Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,037 people
- Lafayette County
- Blanchardville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blanchardville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wingra Park, with the one closest to Wingra Park listed first.
- Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Cooksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Evansville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Evansville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
- Fulton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Edgerton
(23 miles [37 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
- Magnolia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Magnolia is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Indianford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Indianford is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianford
- Footville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Footville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Milton Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Junction is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Junction
- Milton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,643 people
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wingra Park, with the one closest to Wingra Park listed first.
- Sauk City
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Moon Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Witwen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Witwen is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witwen
- Denzer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Denzer is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denzer
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wingra Park, see our County-by-County Page for Wingra Park.
Cemeteries Near Wingra Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wingra Park.
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 Wingra Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wingra Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wingra Park, with the one closest to Wingra Park listed first.
- Resurrection Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- 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>
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- 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>
- Roselawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Blooming Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Bernards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Middleton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Holy Mother of Consolation Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McFarland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- St. John's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Prairie Mound Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Wingra Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wingra Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wingra Park, with the one closest to Wingra Park listed first.
- Madison
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Madison is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
- Syene ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Syene is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syene
- Fitchburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fitchburg is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
- Pheasant Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pheasant Branch is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pheasant Branch
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Darwin is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Mendota
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mendota is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendota
- Middleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
- Lakeview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Verona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Verona is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
- West Middleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Middleton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Waunakee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Waunakee is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
- Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hope is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Burke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burke is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Ashton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ashton is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Oregon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oregon is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,731 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wingra Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wingra Park.
Newspapers Published in Wingra Park ...
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 259 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wingra Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wingra Park, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wingra Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Wingra Park:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dodge 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 Wingra Park, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wingra Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |