Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Dane County, Wisconsin.

Official Website

Dane County was formed in 1836 as a territorial county and organized in 1839. It was named after Nathan Dane, a Massachusetts delegate to the Congress of the Confederation who helped carve Wisconsin out of the Northwest Territory. Dane County was settled in the 1840s by settlers from New England. It contains the city of Madison, the state capitol. It also contains the Ho-Chunk Indian Reservation.

Adjacent Counties

• Columbia County
• Dodge County
• Sauk County
• Green County
• Iowa County
• Jefferson County
• Rock County

Cities

• Edgarton (part)
• Fitchburg
• Madison (County Seat, State Capital)
• Middleton
• Monona
• Stoughton
• Sun Prairie
• Verona

For Other Towns, Villages & Communities, Please see Wikipedia.

Neighborhoods

• Hope
• Lake Windsor
• Fitchburg Center
• Middleton Junction
• Oak Hall

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Wisconsin

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Genealogy Trails

Dane County Area Genealogical Society

US Gen Web

Dane County Historical Society

Roots Web

1873 Map of Dane County