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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. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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

Lat:   43.5568°   (43° 33' 24")

Lon:   -89.4271°   (-89° 25' 37")

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 .

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.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pardeeville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
    • Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
    • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Endeavor have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
    • Endeavor is located in Marquette County
    • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rio have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
    • Rio is located in Columbia County
    • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wisconsin have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
    • Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
  • Packwaukee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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
    • Baraboo lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Baraboo.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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
    • Portage lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Portage.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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 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 Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery:

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 GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #1570775  (Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #1570775 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Portage
    • County: Columbia         Elev: 251
    • Location given for GNIS #1570775 (Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #88642

The official website for Columbia County: www.co.columbia.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5568, Longitude: -89.4271    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.




 

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