A visit to the Otsego 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 Otsego Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Otsego Cemetery (FG ID #1028628).
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 Otsego Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Otsego Cemetery:
43.3990, -89.1645
The Otsego Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Otsego.
The cemetery is located in Columbia County<2>.
The county seat for Columbia County is located in Portage. Portage lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the northwest of the Otsego Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Otsego Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Otsego Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Otsego Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Doylestown Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Patricks Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bonnet Prairie Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fountain Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Stephen's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ohio Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hampden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fall River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lowville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Leeds Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Run Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Run Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spring Prairie Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- St. Jeromes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wyocena Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Prairie - Hauge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wanderers Rest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Courtland Methodist Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cambria Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Otsego Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Otsego Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Otsego
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Doylestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Englewood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rio
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Fall River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Keyeser
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Leeds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Bristol
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Bristol
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wyocena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cambria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pardeeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Poynette
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Morrisonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Astico
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Randolph
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- DeForest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Friesland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Friesland is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Windsor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sun Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 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 Otsego 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 Otsego Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beaver Dam
- Cambria
- Columbus
- DeForest
- Fall River
- Fox Lake
- Morrisonville
- Pardeeville
- Poynette
- Randolph
- Rio
- Rio lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Otsego Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Rio.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Sun Prairie
- Wyocena
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Otsego 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 Otsego Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1028628
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1955177 (Otsego Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1955177 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: 298 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rio
- Location given for Otsego Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.3991544 Lon: -89.164558
- 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Otsego 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. |