A visit to the Hillcrest 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 Hillcrest Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Hillcrest Cemetery (FG ID #88141).
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 Hillcrest Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hillcrest Cemetery:
43.5778, -89.6300
The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Columbia County<2>.
The county seat for Columbia County is located in Portage. Portage lies just to the east southeast of the Hillcrest Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hillcrest Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Hillcrest Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hillcrest Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Newport Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Fairfield Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Paul Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cummings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Tucker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Cemetery
- St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Caledonia German Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Welsh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Welsh Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Welsh Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Briggsville Protestant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Webster Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hillcrest Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hillcrest Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wisconsin Dells
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Portage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lake Delton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Baraboo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Baraboo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Douglas Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Endeavor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Endeavor is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Plainville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Freedom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Moon Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Merrimac
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lake Wisconsin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Harmony Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oxford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rock Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Okee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Packwaukee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pardeeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Lyndon Station
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Poynette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wyocena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Glen Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lodi
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Reedsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Reedsburg is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,500 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 Hillcrest 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 Hillcrest Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Baraboo
- Lodi
- Lodi lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Hillcrest Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lodi.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- North Freedom
- Oxford
- Pardeeville
- Portage
- Poynette
- Reedsburg
- Rock Springs
- Wyocena
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 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 Hillcrest 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 Hillcrest Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #88141
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1566428 (Hillcrest Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1566428 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: 255 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lewiston
- Location given for Hillcrest Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.5774808 Lon: -89.6301229
- 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hillcrest 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. |