A visit to the Hillside 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 Hillside Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Hillside Cemetery (FG ID #88155).
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 Hillside Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hillside Cemetery:
43.3909, -89.3939
The Hillside Cemetery is located in Columbia County<2>.
The county seat for Columbia County is located in Portage. Portage lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Hillside Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hillside Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Hillside Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hillside Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Schofield Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Klaila Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Klaila Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klaila Cemetery
- Inch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hastie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- 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 south)
- Arlington Evangelical Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Evangelical Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Evangelical Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evangelical Cemetery
- Lowville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rocky Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dekorra Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Ginter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Ginter Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter Cemetery
- Rubin - Guenther Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Run Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pacific Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McDonald Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dekorra Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Bartholomew Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hillside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hillside Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Poynette
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Arlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Leeds
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lodi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rio
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Wyocena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Okee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Keyeser
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Wisconsin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- DeForest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Pardeeville
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dane
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Portage
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Otsego
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Merrimac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Windsor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Bristol
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Doylestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Moon Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Waunakee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Waunakee is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
- East Bristol
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Hillside 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 Hillside Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- DeForest
- Lodi
- Lodi lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Hillside Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lodi.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Morrisonville
- Pardeeville
- Portage
- Poynette
- Rio
- Rio lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Hillside 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 begin with 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 Hillside 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 Hillside Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #88155
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1566457 (Hillside Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1566457 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: 261 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Poynette
- Location given for Hillside Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.3880423 Lon: -89.3928961
- 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- Hillside 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. |