Plat Maps are helpful for finding the county or township where your ancestor lived because they show land owners.
1849 Sauk County map is on page 226 of A Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin: Volume 1 (1918) by Harry Ellsworth Cole, available at the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections: http://goo.gl/jLods1
1859 map of Sauk County, Wisconsin, compiled by William H. Canfield, Surveyor and Civil Engineer, available at the Library of Congress website: http://www.loc.gov/item/2012593174#about-this-item
A current Sauk County map (Jan. 2014) is at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation website: click here
U.S. Federal Census records exist for the following years: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, (1890 destroyed by fire), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Wisconsin State Census records exist for the following years: 1830, 1836, 1838, 1842, 1846, 1847, 1855, 1865 (mostly destroyed), 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905. Below is information for Sauk County, Wisconsin
Many can be found at FamilySearch.org for free.
Ancestry.com has only 1895 and 1905 for Wisconsin State Censuses. Most of the early State census records listed only the heads of household.
Click: FamilySearch (free)
Search by name: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1401638 or Browse through 489,683 images (This was the seventh census conducted since 1790.)
Ancestry.com (with membership): http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8054
Click: FamilySearch (free)
Search by name: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1443825
Click Browse through 2,501 images to search by county. (There was no "Soldiers & Sailors" list for 1855.)
Sauk County begins here and includes the following Towns/Townships (57 images):
Baraboo: images 1-6
Dellona: images 6-7
Freedom: images 8-10
Fairfield: images 11-13
Franklin: images 13-16
Greenfield: images 16-18
Honey Creek: images 51-55, 57
Kingston: images 18-20
Marston*: images 21-26
Merrimack [Merrimac]: images 26-28
New Buffalo [later Delton]: images 28-33
Prairie du Sac: images 33-41
Reedsburg: images 41-44
Spring Green: images 45-46
Winfield: images 47-49
Westfield: images 49-51
Abstract of the inhabitants of Sauk County: images 55-56 (56 is a better image)
*Marston was later divided into these townships: La Valle, Woodland, Ironton and Washington. "There was a post office called Marston which was changed to La Valle on account of it being similar to Mauston in the next county." Sources: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wisauk/Reedsburg83.htm
and http://townoflavalle.us/home/townhistory.html and http://goo.gl/fXjnGI
Ancestry.com (with membership): http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7667
Available on microfilm at FamilySearch (this version may be different than Ancestry.com)
Browse by State, County and Township, then click the "ED" number; or search by name.
The 1865 Wisconsin State Census was destroyed except for these counties: Dunn, Green, Jackson, Kewaunee, Ozaukee and Sheboygan.
Ancestry.com (membership): http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7163
Available on microfilm at FamilySearch
Browse by State, County and Township, then click the "ED" number; or search by name.
List of townships in Sauk County:
Baraboo
Bear Creek Township: post offices in Spring Green, Lone Rock, Bear Valley, Sandusky, White Mound. 16 images, Page No. 135 to 150.
Dellona
Delton
Excelsior
Fairfield
Franklin Township: post offices in Plain, White Mound. 14 images, Page No. 151 to 164.
Freedom
Greenfield
Honey Creek Township: post offices in Sauk City, Prairie du Sac, Loganville. 27 images, Page No. 208 to 234.
Ironton
Kingston
Marston
Merrimack [Merrimac]
New Buffalo
Newport
Prairie du Sac
Reedsburg
Spring Green Township: post offices in Wilson Creek, Spring Green, Lone Rock. 21 images, Page No. 114 to 134.
Troy Township: post offices in Cassell Prairie, Harrisburgh, Sauk City, Spring Green, Wilson Creek. 21 images, Page No. 93 to 113.
Washington
Westfield
Winfield
Winfield and Dellona
Woodland
Sauk County includes the following Towns/Townships/Villages:
Baraboo
Bear Creek: Sheet 37b- 48a (22 images)
Dellona
Excelsior
Fairfield
Franklin: Sheet 78b-88a (20 images)
Freedom
Greenfield
Honey Creek:
Ironton
La Valle
Merrimack [Merrimac]
New Buffalo
Prairie du Sac
Reedsburg
Spring Green:
Sumpter
Troy: images
Washington
Westfield
Winfield
Woodland
FamilySearch (free)
Search by name: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1443778
Ancestry.com does not have the 1875 Wisconsin State Census.
Click Browse through 4,703 images to search by county.
There was no "Soldiers & Sailors" list for 1875.
Sauk County begins here and includes the following Towns/Townships:
Ancestry.com (membership): http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6742
Available on microfilm at FamilySearch
Browse by State, County and Township, then click the "ED" number; or search by name. Sauk County includes the following Towns/Townships:
Click: FamilySearch (free)
Search by name: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1443713
Click Browse through 10,186 images to search by county.
Click here to see the "Sauk County" census and "Soldiers & Sailors" list. Sauk County includes the following Towns/Townships/Villages:
The 1890 Census was destroyed by fire on Jan. 10, 1921.
Census Substitutes: http://www.genealogybranches.com/1890census.html
Ancestry.com 1890 Census Substitutes: http://search.ancestry.com/search/group/1890census
FamilySearch (free)
Search by name: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1443712
Browse through 12,251 images to search by county
Ancestry.com (with membership): http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1055
Click here to see the "Sauk County" census and "Soldiers & Sailors" list. Sauk County includes the following Towns/Townships/Villages:
Soldiers & Sailors List
Ancestry.com (membership): http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7602
Browse by State, County and Township, then click the "ED" number; or search by name.
Available on microfilm at FamilySearch
FamilySearch (free)
Wisconsin counties on microfilm from FamilySearch
Ancestry.com (with membership): http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1055
Ancestry.com (membership): http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7884
Available on microfilm at FamilySearch
Column 16: Whether Naturalized or Alien
"Al" = alien, "Pa" = "first papers," "Na" = naturalized
Sauk County includes the following Towns/Townships/Villages:
Ancestry.com (membership): http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6061
FamilySearch (microfilm); Searchable index online, but images can only be seen with Ancestry.com membership: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411
Sauk County includes the following Towns/Townships/Villages:
Ancestry.com (membership): http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224
Available on microfilm at FamilySearch
Sauk County includes the following Towns/Townships/Villages:
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http://1940census.archives.gov/ (free)
Ancestry.com (free): http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census and
http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2442
Sauk County includes the following Towns/Townships/Villages:
Step 1: Find the Enumeration District. Use this map to find the ED number of the area or address (zoom in and the ED number will appear): https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/district-map/62308
Step 2: Search for the census record on that page - OR -
Type in the ED number and state in the search fields at the official government website: https://1950census.archives.gov/search/
Wiki: https://wiki.rootsweb.com//wiki/index.php?title=1950_U.S._Census
RAOGK: https://raogk.org/census-records/wisconsin/
Cyndi's List website with census links galore: http://www.cyndislist.com/us/census/
Dakota Territories:
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/North_Dakota_Census
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/South_Dakota_Census
Census Forms, Questions Asked, Enumerator Instructions:
https://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/tEnumForm.shtml?sssdmh=dm13.241451
Page updated 28 April 2022