A visit to the Old Fort Winnebago 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 Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery (FG ID #88642).
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 Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery:
43.5568, -89.4271
The Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery is located in Columbia County<2>.
The county seat for Columbia County is located in Portage. Portage lies just to the west southwest of the Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pacific Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Henion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spicer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bach Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fuller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Welsh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Welsh Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh Cemetery
- Welsh Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pardeeville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Marcellon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Rood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Rood Cemetery is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rood Cemetery
- Cummings Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Paul Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ginter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Ginter Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter Cemetery
- Rubin - Guenther Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dekorra Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wyocena Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Comstock 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 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Portage
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pardeeville
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Wyocena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Endeavor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Endeavor is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Poynette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Douglas Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lake Wisconsin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Packwaukee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Okee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cambria
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Baraboo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Merrimac
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- North Leeds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Otsego
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Doylestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Baraboo
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Moon Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oxford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Montello
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wisconsin Dells
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
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 Old Ft. Winnebago 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 Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Baraboo
- Cambria
- Kingston
- Lodi
- Lodi lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lodi.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Montello
- Oxford
- Oxford lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Oxford.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Pardeeville
- Portage
- Poynette
- Rio
- Rio lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Old Ft. Winnebago 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 begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Old Ft. Winnebago 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 Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #88642
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1570775 (Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1570775 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: 251 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Portage
- Location given for Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.5566486 Lon: -89.4267864
- 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 from Point A (ie- Old Ft. Winnebago 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. |