A visit to the Spicer 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 Spicer Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Spicer Cemetery (FG ID #89296).
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 Spicer Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Spicer Cemetery:
43.6136, -89.4225
The Spicer Cemetery is located in Columbia County<2>.
The county seat for Columbia County is located in Portage. Portage lies just to the south southwest of the Spicer Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Spicer Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Spicer Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Spicer Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bach Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fuller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Rood Cemetery is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rood Cemetery
- Old Ft. Winnebago Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Henion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Marcellon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Comstock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cummings Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Paul Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pacific Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pardeeville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Briggsville Protestant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marcellon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Oak Lawn Cemetery is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Lawn Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Spicer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Spicer Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Portage
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Endeavor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Endeavor is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Pardeeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pardeeville is also located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardeeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Douglas Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wyocena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Packwaukee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oxford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Montello
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Durwards Glen ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rio is also located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Poynette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kingston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cambria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Marquette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Harmony Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Friesland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Friesland is also located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Wisconsin Dells
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Baraboo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Wisconsin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Wisconsin is also located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wisconsin
- Doylestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Delton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Westfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Westfield is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
- West Baraboo
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Merrimac
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Otsego
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
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 Spicer 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 Spicer Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Baraboo
- Cambria
- Kingston
- Montello
- Oxford
- Pardeeville
- Portage
- Poynette
- Rio
- Rio lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Spicer Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Rio.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Westfield
- 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 either 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 Spicer 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 Spicer Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #89296
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1574537 (Spicer Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1574537 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: 251 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Portage
- Location given for Spicer Cemetery:
- Lat: 43.6133143 Lon: -89.42262
- 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spicer 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. |