Columbia County, Wisconsin

Columbia County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, 52,468 people lived in Columbia county. Portage is the county seat and largest city in the county.

Columbia County is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography
The county has a total area of 796 sqmi. Of this, 774 sqmi is land and 22 sqmi (2.75%) is water. The county's highest point is Gibraltar Rock. It is 1247 ft above sea level. The high butte-shaped bluff is located north of Lodi. It looks out over the Lake Wisconsin River valley.

Cities, villages, and towns
• Arlington (town)

• Arlington (village)

• Caledonia (town)

• Cambria (village)

• Columbus (city)

• Columbus (town)

• Courtland (town)

• Dekorra (town)

• Doylestown (village)

• Fall River (village)

• Fort Winnebago (town)

• Fountain Prairie (town)

• Friesland (village)

• Hampden (town)

• Leeds (town)

• Lewiston (town)

• Lodi (town)

• Lodi (city)

• Lowville (town)

• Marcellon (town)

• Newport (town)

• Otsego (town)

• Pacific (town)

• Pardeeville (village)

• Portage (city)

• Poynette (village)

• Randolph (town)

• Randolph (village) (partial)

• Rio (village)

• Scott (town)

• Springvale (town)

• West Point (town)

• Wisconsin Dells (city) (partial)

• Wyocena (town)

• Wyocena (village)

Unincorporated communities

 * Anacker
 * Belle Fountain
 * Dekorra
 * Durwards Glen
 * East Friesland
 * Englewood
 * Harmony Grove
 * Ingle
 * Keyeser
 * Lake Wisconsin (partial)
 * Leeds
 * Leeds Center
 * Lewiston
 * Lowville
 * Marcellon
 * North Leeds
 * Okee
 * Otsego

Ghost towns

 * Moe Settlement

Other websites

 * Columbia County government website
 * History of Columbia County, Wisconsin
 * Memorial and Biographical Record and Illustrated Compendium of Biography ... of Columbia, Sauk and Adams counties, Wisconsin...