A visit to the Greenwood 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 Greenwood Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Greenwood Cemetery (FG ID #88072).
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 Greenwood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Greenwood Cemetery:
43.3295, -89.3249
The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Columbia County<2>.
The county seat for Columbia County is located in Portage. Portage lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Greenwood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Greenwood Cemetery.
Establishment of the Greenwood Cemetery ...
The Greenwood Cemetery was established in 1847.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Greenwood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Leeds Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Arlington Evangelical Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evangelical Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Evangelical Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evangelical Cemetery
- Lowville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arlington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Arlington Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Cemetery
- Arlington Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spring Prairie - Hauge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Prairie Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Klaila Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Klaila Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klaila Cemetery
- Moravian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Moravian Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravian Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- North Windsor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hampden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Run Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Schofield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Onehundred Mile Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Matsen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Matsen Cemetery is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matsen Cemetery
- Windsor Congregational Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bonnet Prairie Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Greenwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- North Leeds
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Arlington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Morrisonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keyeser
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- DeForest
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Poynette
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Bristol
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Otsego
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Dane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dane is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lodi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Waunakee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waunakee is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
- Sun Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
- Doylestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wyocena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harmony Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Wisconsin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Mendota
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Burke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Okee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fall River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Englewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pardeeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 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 Greenwood 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 Greenwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- DeForest
- Fall River
- Lodi
- Morrisonville
- Pardeeville
- Poynette
- Rio
- Rio lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Greenwood Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Rio.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Sun Prairie
- Waunakee
- Wyocena
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Greenwood 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 Greenwood Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #88072
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1565862 (Greenwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1565862 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: 331 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Morrisonville
- Location given for Greenwood Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.3294331 Lon: -89.3248388
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 'straight-line' (or 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- Greenwood 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. |