Located 1/2 mile East of Platteville on Weld County Road 32 in Township 3, Range 66, Section 18. The Platteville Mizpah Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in Weld County that is still in use. It is operated by the Town of Platteville. Originally called the Sandhill Cemetery by the pioneers, it was renamed Mizpah Cemetery after 1926. In 1926, the Mizpah Club made the improvement of the cemetery their club project. With the club as a driving force, cemetery improvement became a community project. Trees, shrubs, and grass were planted as money became available. A WPA project in 1939 fenced the cemetery and installed the first rock gateway. The second rock gateway was built and dedicated to the memory of the area servicemen who lost their lives in World War II.
An unknown person is the first recorded burial, the first named burial was in 1873. Persons associated with the nearby fur trading posts and Fort Vasquez may have been buried on the hill as early as the 1840s. A local folklore heroine named Rattlesnake Kate is buried in Mizpah Cemetery. One day in 1925, she killed 140 rattlesnakes on her way to a pond with her son. The snakes were collected and the skins were used to make a dress, which she wore to many functions. Her story is on file with the Platteville Pioneer Museum.

Centennial State Chapter would especially like to thank Will Penfold for the hard work on his Eagle Scout project reading and transcribing inscriptions on all the stones.

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Name	Row	Lot	Space	Birth	Death/burial
Jandreau, Henry M				1 Apr 1897	19 Apr 1949
Jandreau, Julia Elizabeth	6	43	7
Jandreau, Louis				1865	1941
Jandreau, Philomen				1868	1943
Jaurigui, Esther	19	221
Jaurigui, Fernanda S		19N	4	5 Mar 1908	1 Oct 1983
Jaurigui, Martin B		19N	3	14 Mar  1908	2 Jun 1982
Jefferies, Nettie Anne		42	6	1889	1981
Jefferies, William S	6	42	5	1882	1970
Jerry, Laura E				1884	1970
Jewell, Joyce Ruth		70	9	3 Jun 1929	19 Mar 1993
Jiminez, Frank	13	13N
Johns, Flora Mae		159	11	26 Feb 1890	28 Oct 1973
Johns, Herbert A	15	159	10	26 Apr 1914	27 Dec 1968
Johns, John L	15	159	12	25 Aug 1888	9 Jul 1962
Johnson, Alice	8	70
Johnson, Arthur B		WC3	8	1 Mar 1924	13 Mar 2003
Johnson, Barbara A		WC3		4 Dec 1925
Johnson, David Anthony		15W	10	3 Apr 1969	8 Apr 1990
Johnson, David N	17	188		1850	1923
Johnson, DeVota Martin				30 Jun 1911
Johnson, Edwin	18	205	1
Johnson, Edwin Carl	11	110	1	6 Jul 1890	9 May 1972
Johnson, Elmer Erik		176	10	16 Nov 1895	7 Apr 1980
Johnson, Elsie	11	115	7
Johnson, Eugene Beverly		115	2	15 Mar 1921	1 Nov 1992
Johnson, Hilda J	11	113	5	9 Jul 1883	26 Sep 1967
Johnson, Ida M Hall	17	188	2	1858	1948
Johnson, James		61	5	11 Jul 1895	8 Oct 1991
Johnson, James Ralph	7	61	7	30 May 1924	2 Dep 1927
Johnson, Lela Pearl	11	115	8
Johnson, Mary Crist		61	6	14 Apr 1898	9 Jan 1993
Johnson, Mattie	10	96	6	Jun 1900	Nov 1900
Johnson, Mollie	10	96
Johnson, Oscar	11	115	12
Johnson, Pearl Lee		176	9	3 Aug 1904	10 Apr 2002
Johnson, Robert	7	61	4	1857	1951
Johnson, Sarah J	7	61	3	1861	1920
Johnson, Walter Frederick		115	11
Johnson, William Howard		109	11	10 Oct 1908	16 Jun 1990
Johnston, Arthur J		23	12	4 Jun 1913	16 Jul 1978
Johnston, Bruce B	14	149	3	1897	1918
Johnston, Lenora	14	149	2	1873	1925
Johnson, Louise L				25 Jun 1924
Johnston, Samuel G	14	149	1	1860	1915
Jondreau, Henry M	10	94	7
Jondreau, Louis	10	94	5
Jondreau, Phil	10	94	6
Jones, Bridget	19	211	5	1872	1948
Jones, Chas A	10	98	1	1846	1899
Jones, Dorothy Pearl	10	98	5	1886	1922
Jones, F Eugene
Jones, Edward T	19	211
Jones, Everett G		137	11	24 Oct 1909	29 Dec 1989
Jones, Guy H		69	8	20 Nov 1903	28 Nov 1991
Jones, Helen Shafer		137	10	7 Jan 1913	5 Jan 1985
Jones, Hepsey Symons	10	98	2	1858	1944
Jones, Howard	19	211	5
Jones, John T	10	98	12	1885	1886
Jones, L Francine
Jones, Lucille		69	7	21 Sep 1909	30 Mar 1999
Jones, Nellie	10	98	6
Juarez, Merced	20	225	5	1879	Mar 1939
Juarez, Guadaloupe	16	171
Juarez, Laura	19	171
Juarez, Mary	19	217	7