A visit to the Shanks 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 Shanks Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Shanks Cemetery (FG ID #89257).
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 Shanks Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Shanks Cemetery:
43.4587, -89.5234
The Shanks Cemetery is located in Columbia County<2>.
The county seat for Columbia County is located in Portage. Portage lies just to the north northeast of the Shanks Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Shanks Cemetery.
Establishment of the Shanks Cemetery ...
The Shanks Cemetery was established in 1874.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Shanks Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Shanks Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rubin - Guenther Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ginter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Ginter Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter Cemetery
- Welsh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Welsh Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh Cemetery
- Welsh Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Caledonia German Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Camillus Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Evangelical Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hastie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dekorra Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Dekorra Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tucker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Cemetery
- Kerth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Kerth Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerth Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Schofield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Inch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pacific Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Shanks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Shanks Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lake Wisconsin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Wisconsin is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Portage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Merrimac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Okee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Poynette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moon Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Baraboo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyocena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Pardeeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- West Baraboo
(12 miles [19.3 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
- North Leeds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dane
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dane is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dane
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
- Rio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Prairie du Sac village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sauk City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sauk City is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,498 people
- Wisconsin Dells
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Delton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Douglas Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
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 Shanks 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 Shanks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Baraboo
- DeForest
- Lodi
- Morrisonville
- North Freedom
- Pardeeville
- Portage
- Poynette
- Prairie du Sac village
- Rio
- Rio lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the East (E) of the Shanks Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Rio.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Sauk City
- 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 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 Shanks 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 Shanks Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #89257
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1573962 (Shanks Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1573962 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: 291 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Durwards Glen
- Location given for Shanks Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.4588727 Lon: -89.5231764
- 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 '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- Shanks 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. |