Welcome to Columbia County ...
Time Zone: Columbia County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.
The community of Portage is the Seat for Columbia County.
Columbia County was founded in 1846 and was created by taking area from Portage County.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Columbia had a population of 57,532 people. This is an increase of 1.18% since the last Census (which gave a population of 56,860 people in 2010).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Columbia represented 1% of the total population of Wisconsin.
Below are some of the communities located in Columbia County:
- Arlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Arlington is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Caledonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Caledonia is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,397 people
- Cambria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cambria is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
- Columbus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
- Courtland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Courtland is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Dekorra
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dekorra is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,347 people
- Doylestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Fall River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fall River is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
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- Fort Winnebago
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Winnebago is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 837 people
- Fountain Prairie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fountain Prairie is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 895 people
- Friesland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Friesland is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Hampden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hampden is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 581 people
- Leeds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Leeds is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 781 people
- Lewiston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lewiston is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,244 people
- Lodi
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Lowville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lowville is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,030 people
- Marcellon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Marcellon is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
- Newport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 600 people
- Otsego
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Otsego is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 707 people
- Pacific
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pacific is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,761 people
- Pardeeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pardeeville is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,053 people
- Portage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Portage is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
- Poynette
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Poynette is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
- Randolph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 770 people
- Rio
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rio is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Scott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 941 people
- Springvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Springvale is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
- West Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Point is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,002 people
- Wisconsin Dells
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
- Wyocena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyocena is located in Columbia County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Former names for Wyocena:
- Duck Creek
- Wiocena
Websites of Interest ...
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- Websites for nearby counties
- Marquette County
- Green Lake County
- Dodge County
- Dane County
- Sauk County
- Juneau County
- Adams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories
Footnotes ...
| <1> | On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census. |