Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Coloma (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Coloma. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Coloma is located in Waushara County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Waushara County: Adams, Green Lake, Marquette, Portage, Waupaca & Winnebago.
Below are the counties that are near Coloma. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coloma:
- Waushara County (The home county of Coloma)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Hancock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hancock is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Wautoma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wautoma is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
- Plainfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Silver Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Wild Rose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Mount Morris
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Lohrville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lohrville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohrville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
- Rodney ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Rodney is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Redgranite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Saxeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Pine River
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Poy Sippi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Pilot Knob ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pilot Knob is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Leola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leola is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leola
- Adams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Big Flats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Friendship
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Arkdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Easton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Rome is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Strongs Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Plainville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Columbia County
- Wisconsin Dells
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Green Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Princeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Princeton is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
- Marquette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marquette is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Berlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Berlin is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
- Kingston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Juneau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Necedah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- New Miner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- Lyndon Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Lemonweir
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Marquette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Westfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Westfield is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
- Neshkoro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Germania
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Oxford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Packwaukee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Montello
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Montello is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
- Glen Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Endeavor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Endeavor is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endeavor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Douglas Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Almond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Blaine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Arnott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Arnott is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnott
- Plover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Plover is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Rural
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rural is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Cobb Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- King
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Sheridan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Grand Rapids
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Lake Wazeecha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha
- Nekoosa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Port Edwards
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Wisconsin Rapids
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Biron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Biron is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coloma, see our County-by-County Page for Coloma.
Cemeteries Near Coloma ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coloma.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Coloma - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coloma covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Richford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South Burr Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hancock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Newton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fish Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woodville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Krentz Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (166 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Dakota Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Coloma had a population of 85 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Coloma had a population of 444 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Richford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Richford is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richford
- Pilot Knob ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pilot Knob is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Hancock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hancock is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Dakota
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dakota is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dakota
- Harrisville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisville is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Plainfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Grand Marsh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grand Marsh is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Marsh
- New Chester ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Chester is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chester
- Friendship
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Adams Center ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Center is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Center
- Neshkoro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Neshkoro is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshkoro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Roche a Cri ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Roche a Cri is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roche a Cri
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Germania
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Germania is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germania
- Wild Rose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Almond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coloma. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coloma.
Newspapers Published in Coloma ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coloma.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coloma, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coloma.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Coloma:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Waushara County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Columbia County
- Green Lake County
- Juneau County
- Marquette County
- Portage County
- Waupaca County
- Wood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Coloma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Coloma) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |