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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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 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) - Wautoma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Plainfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Silver Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Waushara County
- Wild Rose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Mount Morris
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Morris have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Morris
- Mount Morris is located in Waushara County
- Lohrville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Redgranite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redgranite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
- Redgranite is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
- Saxeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxeville
- Saxeville is located in Waushara County
- Pine River
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine River
- Pine River is located in Waushara County
- Poy Sippi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poy Sippi
- Poy Sippi is located in Waushara County
- West Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- West Bloomfield is located in Waushara County
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Adams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Adams is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Big Flats
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Flats
- Big Flats is located in Adams County
- Friendship
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Arkdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkdale
- Arkdale is located in Adams County
- Easton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Easton is located in Adams County
- New Rome ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Strongs Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strongs Prairie
- Strongs Prairie is located in Adams County
- Quincy ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Quincy is located in Adams County
- Plainville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Plainville is located in Adams County
- Columbia County
- Wisconsin Dells
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Wisconsin Dells
- 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) - Marquette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Berlin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Kingston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Green Lake County
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necedah
- Necedah is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 923 people
- New Miner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Miner
- New Miner is located in Juneau County
- Lyndon Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyndon Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon Station
- Lyndon Station is located in Juneau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Lemonweir
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonweir
- Lemonweir is located in Juneau County
- 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) - Neshkoro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Germania
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Oxford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Oxford is located in Marquette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Packwaukee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packwaukee
- Packwaukee is located in Marquette County
- Montello
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Glen Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Oak
- Glen Oak is located in Marquette County
- Endeavor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south) - Douglas Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Center
- Douglas Center is located in Marquette County
- 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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Blaine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Blaine is located in Portage County
- Arnott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Plover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Waupaca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coloma, with the one closest to Coloma listed first.
- Cobb Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - King
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- King is located in Waupaca County
- Sheridan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Sheridan is located in Waupaca County
- 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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rapids
- Grand Rapids is located in Wood County
- Lake Wazeecha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Wazeecha have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wazeecha
- Lake Wazeecha is located in Wood County
- Nekoosa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nekoosa
- Nekoosa is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Port Edwards
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Edwards
- Port Edwards is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
- Wisconsin Rapids
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
- Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
- Biron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coloma, see our County-by-County Page for 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]<2>. 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 like to start with 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 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
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Waushara County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Columbia County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Green Lake County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Juneau County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marquette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Portage County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Waupaca County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wood County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Adams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Waushara County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Waushara County
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Cemetery
- Richford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richford Cemetery
- Fish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fish Cemetery
- South Burr Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Burr Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Burr Oak Cemetery
- Hancock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hancock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hancock Cemetery
- Newton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newton Cemetery
- Fish Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fish Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fish Lake Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
- Woodville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodville Cemetery
- Krentz Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Krentz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Krentz Cemetery
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
- Continue List (163 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
- North Dakota Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Dakota Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88554 <3>
- Pine Grove Cemetery
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.<4>
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) - Pilot Knob ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pilot Knob have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Pilot Knob is located in Adams County
- Hancock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Dakota
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Harrisville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Harrisville is located in Marquette County
- Plainfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Plainfield is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
- Grand Marsh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Marsh have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Marsh
- Grand Marsh is located in Adams County
- New Chester ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chester
- New Chester is located in Adams County
- Friendship
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Adams Center ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adams Center have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Center
- Adams Center is located in Adams County
- Neshkoro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Roche a Cri ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roche a Cri have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roche a Cri
- Roche a Cri is located in Adams County
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Germania
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Wild Rose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
- Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
- Almond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Almond is located in Portage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Germania
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.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Coloma. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Waushara County: www.1waushara.com/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | 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- Coloma) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coloma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0333, Longitude: -89.5210 In this case, the coordinates for Coloma have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |