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Columbia County, Wisconsin

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59historic places

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1846formed

58,490pop. 2020

71cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 59 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Columbus, Lodi, Portage.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Wisconsin is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Columbia titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

26 of 59 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

59 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Arnold, E. Clarke and Julia, House	Columbus	Building	2007
Bacon, Clara F., House	Lodi	Building	2009
Bellack, Albert M. and Alice, House	Columbus	Building	2010
Bellmont Hotel	Pardeeville	Building	1993
Bennett, H. H., Studio	Wisconsin Dells	Building	1976
Bowman House	Wisconsin Dells	Building	1986
Byrns, Daniel and Nellie, House	Lodi	Building	2008
Chadbourn, F. A., House	Columbus	Building	1990
Church Hill Historic District	Portage	District	1997
Columbus City Hall	Columbus	Building	1979
Columbus Downtown Historic District	Columbus	District	1992
Columbus Fireman's Park Complex	Columbus	Building	2004
Columbus Post Office	Columbus	Building	2000
Columbus Public Library	Columbus	Building	1990
Cox, Angie Williams, Library	Pardeeville	Building	1990
Dix Street-Warner Street Historic District	Columbus	District	2017
Durward's Glen	Merrimac	District	1978
Farmers and Merchants Union Bank NHL	Columbus	Building	1972
Farnham, Fred and Lucia, House	Columbus	Building	2009
Fort Winnebago Site	Portage	Site	1979
Fort Winnebago Surgeon's Quarters	Portage	Building	1970
Fox-Wisconsin Portage Site	Portage	Site	1973
Gale, Zona, House	Portage	Building	1980
Goeres Park	Lodi	Site	2009
Griswold, George, House	Columbus	Building	2009
Holsten Family Farmstead	Columbia	Building	1992
Ingalsbe, Adolphus and Sarah, House	Columbus	Building	2009
Jones, John A. and Maggie, House	Columbus	Building	2009
Kilbourn Public Library	Wisconsin Dells	Building	1974
Kingsley Bend Mound Group	Wisconsin Dells	Site	1998
Kingsley Bend Mound Group Boundary Increase	Town of Newport	Site	2010
Kurth, John H., and Company Office Building	Columbus	Building	1993
Lewis, Frank T. and Polly, House	Lodi	Building	2009
Lewis, Gov. James T., House	Columbus	Building	1982
Lodi Downtown Historic District	Lodi	District	2014
Lodi School Hillside Improvement Site	Lodi	Site	2009
Lodi Street-Prairie Street Historic District	Lodi	District	2000
Merrell, Henry, House	Portage	Building	1993
Merrimac Ferry	Merrimac	Site	1974
Mills, Job, Block	Lodi	Building	2008
Mills, Richard W. and Margaret, House	Lodi	Building	2009
Nashold 20-sided Barn	Fall River	Building	1988
Old Indian Agency House	Portage	Building	1972
Old Indian Agency House (Boundary Increase)	Portage	Building	2012
Pardeeville Presbyterian Church	Pardeeville	Building	1980
Portage Canal	Portage	Site	1977
Portage Industrial Waterfront Historic District	Portage	District	1995
Portage Retail Historic District	Portage	District	1995
Portage Street Historic District	Lodi	District	2000
Prairie Street Historic District	Columbus	District	1999
Pruyn, Joel M., Block	Lodi	Building	2008
Robertson, John A. and Martha, House	Lodi	Building	2009
Schendel, Reinhard and Amelia, House	Columbus	Building	2010
Sharrow, Frances Kurth, House	Columbus	Building	2010
Society Hill Historic District	Portage	District	1992
South Dickason Boulevard Residential Historic District	Columbus	District	1999
Wawbeek-Horace A.J. Upham House	Wisconsin Dells	Building	1985
Weber, Jacob, House	Wisconsin Dells	Building	1978
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church and Parsonage	Columbus	Building	2009

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Columbia was formed in 1846 (1846-05-01) from Portage.

COLUMBIA created by Wisconsin Territory from PORTAGE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Columbia County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
9,565	24,441	28,065	31,121	30,468	32,517	34,023	36,708	43,222	52,468	58,490

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

71 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 71 of 71 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Arlington Cemetery	43.32666	-89.42216
Arlington Evangelical Cemetery	43.32267	-89.39325
Arlington Prairie Cemetery	43.31914	-89.46273
Bach Cemetery	43.62032	-89.47064
Bonnet Prairie Cemetery	43.41326	-89.2343
Caledonia German Methodist Cemetery	43.4904	-89.58251
Calvary Cemetery	43.63396	-89.7645
Cambria Cemetery	43.52745	-89.10098
Comstock Cemetery	43.61442	-89.3066
Courtland Methodist Cemetery	43.49659	-89.036
Cummings Cemetery	43.6053	-89.5643
Dekorra Cemetery	43.45689	-89.4596
Dekorra Lutheran Cemetery	43.38753	-89.53905
Engedi Cemetery	43.61164	-89.01205
Evangelical Cemetery	43.42035	-89.58213
Fall River Cemetery	43.39354	-89.03498
Fountain Prairie Cemetery	43.40616	-89.09393
Friesland Cemetery	43.58707	-89.06635
Fuller Cemetery	43.60595	-89.36448
Garden Bluff Cemetery	43.33859	-89.62095
Ginter Cemetery	43.46081	-89.48234
Greenwood Cemetery	43.32965	-89.32493
Greenwood Cemetery	43.62739	-89.58764
Hampden Cemetery	43.32569	-89.19869
Henion Cemetery	43.59182	-89.36459
Hillcrest Cemetery	43.57774	-89.62993
Hillside Cemetery	43.39069	-89.39297
Hillside Cemetery	43.34702	-89.01494
Inch Cemetery	43.43968	-89.4002
Indian Farm Cemetery	43.42035	-89.58086
Klaila Cemetery	43.38133	-89.41398
Leeds Center Cemetery	43.32543	-89.28451
Lowville Cemetery	43.38333	-89.31362
Marcellon Cemetery	43.56406	-89.26524
McDonald Cemetery	43.45321	-89.51692
Methodist Cemetery	43.45281	-89.50272
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	43.31163	-89.53855
Newport Lutheran Cemetery	43.59721	-89.6988
North Marcellon Cemetery	43.62888	-89.34203
Oak Grove Cemetery	43.55184	-89.49117
Ohio Cemetery	43.44783	-89.24635
Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery	43.55675	-89.42684
Otsego Cemetery	43.39899	-89.16443
Pacific Cemetery	43.50086	-89.40985
Pardeeville Cemetery	43.54319	-89.30652
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	43.62595	-89.12771
Portage Prairie Cemetery	43.58953	-89.128
Randolph Cemetery	43.54664	-89.01622
Rocky Run Catholic Cemetery	43.46261	-89.31941
Rocky Run Protestant Cemetery	43.44039	-89.32886
Rosedale Presbyterian Cemetery	43.5702	-89.17704
Rubin - Guenther Cemetery	43.45938	-89.48262
Saint Camillus Cemetery	43.43786	-89.59237
Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery	43.44037	-89.14542
Saint Joseph's Catholic Cemetery	43.44129	-89.23641
Saint Mary's Cemetery	43.56316	-89.47547
Saint Michaels Cemetery	43.55877	-89.56969
Saint Patrick's Cemetery	43.33732	-89.51737
Saint Patricks Catholic Cemetery	43.42707	-89.15194
Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery	43.48303	-89.58262
Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery	43.59447	-89.56744
Saint Stephen Cemetery	43.4285	-89.09465
Schofield Cemetery	43.41694	-89.40025
Shanks Cemetery	43.45875	-89.5233
Silver Lake Cemetery	43.54813	-89.48612
Spicer Cemetery	43.61363	-89.42255
Spring Grove Cemetery	43.62633	-89.75282
Spring Prairie - Hauge Cemetery	43.28202	-89.25487
Spring Prairie Lutheran Cemetery	43.29742	-89.25601
Welsh Church Cemetery	43.50699	-89.54125
Zion Cemetery	43.30999	-89.33606

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Moe Settlement	43.59859	-89.69957

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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