A visit to the Dekorra Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Dekorra Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Dekorra Cemetery (FG ID #87784).
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 Dekorra Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Dekorra Cemetery:
43.4569, -89.4596
The Dekorra Cemetery is located in Columbia County<2>.
The county seat for Columbia County is located in Portage. Portage lies just to the north of the Dekorra Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Dekorra Cemetery.
Establishment of the Dekorra Cemetery ...
The Dekorra Cemetery was established in 1843.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Dekorra Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Dekorra Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ginter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Ginter Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter Cemetery
- Rubin - Guenther Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McDonald Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hastie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shanks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Inch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pacific Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Schofield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Welsh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Welsh Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh Cemetery
- Welsh Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Klaila Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Klaila Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klaila Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Caledonia German Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Camillus Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Evangelical Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dekorra Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Run Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Dekorra Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Dekorra Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Poynette
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Portage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harmony Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wyocena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Wisconsin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Okee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pardeeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Merrimac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Lodi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North Leeds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Rio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Moon Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dane is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Baraboo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- DeForest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Keyeser
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Otsego
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Doylestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- West Baraboo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 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 Dekorra Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Columbia County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Dekorra Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Baraboo
- DeForest
- Lodi
- Lodi lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Dekorra Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lodi.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Morrisonville
- Pardeeville
- Portage
- Poynette
- Prairie du Sac village
- Rio
- Rio lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the East (E) of the Dekorra Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Rio.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Wyocena
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Dekorra Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Wisconsin:
- Pages specific to Columbia 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 Dekorra Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #87784
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1955170 (Dekorra Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1955170 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: Columbia
- Est. Elev: 269 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Poynette
- Location given for Dekorra Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.4569285 Lon: -89.4595642
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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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dekorra 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. |