Welcome to Dekorra ...

Dekorra is located in Columbia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dekorra, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839.

Dekorra is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Dekorra lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Dekorra ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dekorra.

• Waunakee
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Waunakee is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
• Baraboo
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Baraboo is located in Sauk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baraboo
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,121 people
• DeForest
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • DeForest is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
• Portage
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Portage is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,381 people
• Windsor
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Windsor is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
• Prairie du Sac village
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Prairie du Sac village is located in Sauk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie du Sac village
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,426 people
• Sauk City
  (18 miles [29 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
• Lodi
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Lodi is located in Columbia County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
• Wisconsin Dells
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Wisconsin Dells is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Dells
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
• Lake Delton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake Delton is located in Sauk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Delton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,986 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dekorra. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dekorra.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dekorra. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dekorra.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dekorra. See our Newspapers Page for Dekorra.

Adding Dekorra to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dekorra in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Dekorra was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Dekorra post office opened in 1839. The Dekorra post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dekorra.