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
Urano, Amy C				13 Dec 1919
Urano, Charles Ytaka		241	10	29 Sep 1923	5 May 1990
Urano, Charles	20	228	12	1878	1938
Urano, Diane	20	228	10	2 Aug 1958	24 Mar 1963
Urano, Frank N			241	3 Apr 1916	15 Apr 1978
Urano, James A		241	12	2 Aug 1917	17 Jul 1999
Urano, Mable		241	12	6 Oct 1924	21 Dec 2000
Urano, Tom Takashi		241	4	2 May 1919	14 Jul 1979
Urano, Tomi				20 Oct 1922
Urano, Virginia		241	9	1 Dec 1930	16 Nov 1995
Ushizawa, Tsuruzo	18	200	5		24 Nov 1950