A visit to the Portage Prairie 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 Portage Prairie Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Portage Prairie Cemetery (FG ID #88764).
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 Portage Prairie Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Portage Prairie Cemetery:
43.5895, -89.1280
The Portage Prairie Cemetery is located in Columbia County<2>.
The county seat for Columbia County is located in Portage. Portage lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the west of the Portage Prairie Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Portage Prairie Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Portage Prairie Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Portage Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Mary Visitation Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Friesland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Krastetter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Krastetter Cemetery is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krastetter Cemetery
- Lake Sarah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cambria Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rock Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Rock Hill Cemetery is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Engedi Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Randolph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Annunciation Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dartt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Dartt Cemetery is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartt Cemetery
- Marcellon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Courtland Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Maria Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Lake Maria Cemetery is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Maria Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Emily Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Lake Emily Cemetery is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Emily Cemetery
- Comstock Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pardeeville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Portage Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Portage Prairie Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cambria
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Friesland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Friesland is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Randolph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pardeeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Fox Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fox Lake is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,440 people
- Marquette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Markesan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Markesan is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markesan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,389 people
- Wyocena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Doylestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Otsego
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fall River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Utley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Portage Prairie 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 Portage Prairie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beaver Dam
- Cambria
- Columbus
- Fairwater
- Fall River
- Fox Lake
- Kingston
- Markesan
- Montello
- Pardeeville
- Portage
- Poynette
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Randolph
- Rio
- Rio lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Portage Prairie 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 first visit 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 Portage Prairie 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 Portage Prairie Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #88764
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1571802 (Portage Prairie Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1571802 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: 305 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sand Spring Creek
- Location given for Portage Prairie Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.5885948 Lon: -89.1287253
- 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Portage Prairie 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. |