A visit to the Saint Michaels 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 St. Michaels Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Michaels Cemetery (FG ID #89132).
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 St. Michaels Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Michaels Cemetery:
43.5587, -89.5701
The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Columbia County<2>.
The county seat for Columbia County is located in Portage. Portage lies just to the east southeast of the St. Michaels Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Michaels Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the St. Michaels Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Michaels Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Paul Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Welsh Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Welsh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Welsh Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh Cemetery
- Cummings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Caledonia German Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Fairfield Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Newport Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tucker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Cemetery
- Bach Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Briggsville Protestant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Shanks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McDonald Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Michaels Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Michaels Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Portage
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Douglas Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Baraboo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Baraboo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Baraboo is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baraboo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Endeavor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Endeavor is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Wisconsin Dells
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Delton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Wisconsin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Harmony Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Moon Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Merrimac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Okee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wyocena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pardeeville
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Poynette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Packwaukee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Plainville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Freedom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Freedom is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Freedom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 690 people
- Glen Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lodi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rock Springs is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rio
(18 miles [29 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
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 St. Michaels 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 St. Michaels Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Baraboo
- Lodi
- Lodi lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the South (S) of the St. Michaels Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lodi.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- North Freedom
- Oxford
- Pardeeville
- Portage
- Poynette
- Rio
- Rio lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the St. Michaels Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Rio.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Rock Springs
- Wyocena
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 St. Michaels 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 St. Michaels Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #89132
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1573377 (Saint Michaels Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1573377 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: 249 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pine Island
- Location given for Saint Michaels Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.559148 Lon: -89.5703998
- 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- St. Michaels 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. |