A visit to the Columbia Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Columbia Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Columbia Cemetery:
44.5239, -90.7093
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Columbia Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Columbia Cemetery is located in Clark County<2>.
The county seat for Clark County is located in Neillsville. Neillsville lies just to the east northeast of the Columbia Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Columbia Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of the Columbia Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Columbia Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Dells Dam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Dells Dam Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dells Dam Cemetery
- Indian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Indian Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cemetery
- Levis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Levis Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levis Cemetery
- North Pine Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Neillsville City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Hatfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Hatfield Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- Weston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Weston Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Cemetery
- Mentor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Mentor Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor Cemetery
- Houghtonburg Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Houghtonburg Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghtonburg Cemetery
- East Side Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The East Side Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side Cemetery
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- Seif Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Seif Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seif Cemetery
- Komensky Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Komensky Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky Cemetery
- East Lawn Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The East Lawn Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lawn Cemetery
- St. Mary Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Cemetery
- Curtis Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- The Curtis Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Cemetery
- Decorah Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Decorah Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decorah Cemetery
- York Center Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The York Center Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Center Cemetery
- The York Center Cemetery has also been known as:
- York Center UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89580 <5>
- Stanford Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Stanford Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Windfall Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- The Windfall Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Windfall Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Granton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89539 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Columbia Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Columbia Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Neillsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Neillsville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neillsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,375 people
- Hatfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hatfield is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Merrillan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Merrillan is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Humbird
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Humbird is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humbird
- Globe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Globe is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Alma Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alma Center is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
- Granton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Granton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Fairchild
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fairchild is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchild
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Pray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pray
- Willard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Willard is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Hixton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hixton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hixton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Black River Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
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- Greenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 995 people
- Sechlerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sechlerville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechlerville
- Chili
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chili is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- Spokeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Spokeville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokeville
- Loyal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Loyal is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Lynxville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lynxville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
- Lapham Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lapham Junction is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapham Junction
- Hay Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hay Creek is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hay Creek
- Levis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Levis is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levis
- Lindsey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lindsey is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
- Veefkind
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Veefkind is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veefkind
- Requa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Requa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Requa
- York
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- York is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- City Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- City Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Point
- Augusta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Augusta is located in Eau Claire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,517 people
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Columbia Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clark County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Columbia Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alma Center
- Augusta
- Black River Falls
- Fairchild
- Granton
- Humbird
- Loyal
- Merrillan
- Neillsville
- Willard
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Columbia Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Clark County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Columbia Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1563278 (Columbia Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1563278 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Clark
- Est. Elev: 296 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Columbia
- Location given for Columbia Cemetery:
- Lat: 44.5238511 Lon: -90.7093086
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Clark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Columbia Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | 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. |