Links

Plat Maps and Aerial Photos:

• • Plat Maps of Verona, and all of Dane County, courtesy of the Capital Area Regional Planning Committee. How to use:

    • Click "Dane County Historic Plat Maps (1834, 1861, 1873, 1890, 1899, 1911, 1931, 1953 & 1970"

    • Zoom in with the + and - buttons, and drag around the map to find Verona by click-and-holding with your mouse.

    • To see plat maps from different years, click the "Layer List" icon that looks like three square maps on top of each other.

  • Additional maps and info of Dane County, such as:

    • Locations of known Mature Forests (100+ years)

    • Heritage Oak Tree

    • Original land patents.

  • Wisconsin Historical Aerial Image Finder - Local aerial photos of Verona (and the rest of Wisconsin) going back to the 1930s.

  • HistoricAerials.com - Aerial photos of the United States. Photos of Verona go back to the 1960s. Verona elevation maps go back farther. This link often fails in the Chrome browser.

  • "This is Dane County, Wisconsin" - by John Drury, 1957 - Small aerial photos of Verona's schoolhouses, points of interest, and farms.

  • HistoricMapWorks.com - Allows you to view and purchase many old plat maps of this area.

  • ArcGIS Lidar Maps of Wisconsin - Surface detail maps created using "Lidar", which is a laser that penetrates vegetation. Useful for looking for evidence of roads and foundations now covered by plants.

  • Dane County Land Information Office "DCI Maps" - Maps out specific parcels in Dane County with various overlays.

Verona Cemeteries:

• • Verona Cemetery Findagrave.com - The best resource for all burials back to the cemetery's start in 1880. Updated by volunteers.

  • Saint Andrew's Catholic Cemetery Findagrave.com. Many people don't realize the big cemetery in the middle of town is actually the Verona Cemetery and Saint Andrew's side by side.

  • Dane County Hospital and Home Cemetery on Findagrave.com - The nearly-forgotten cemetery immediately to the east of Farm and Fleet.

Local Research:

• • Assessor Data - Find out when a currently-existing home or business was *roughly* built (usually accurate but not 100%). It's a little hard to get it to find an address, but stick with it and it will eventually lead you to downloading a PDF file for an address. This PDF has the date the property was built.

  • Verona phone books and directories, scanned by the Verona Public Library. Currently spanning the years 1916-1963, but more might get added.

  • White pages section of YellowPages.com - One of the last actually-free places to look up someone's phone number. I use this constantly for finding interview contacts for historical topics in Verona.

  • Past Verona High School Sports Wall of Fame - See past team photos, records, and trophies.

Youtube

• • Verona Area Historical Society's Primary Youtube channel

  • Verona Area Historical Society's Secondary Youtube channel

  • City of Verona's Youtube channel.

Miscellaneous

• • Historical Marker Database - Historical Markers in Dane County. Also has the ability to "Click to map all...markers".

• Wisconsin Historical Markers

Various Resources:

• • Dane County and Surrounding Towns, Being a History and Guide, 1877 by WM J. Park.

  • History of Dane County, Wisconsin, 1880 by the Chicago: Western Historical Company.