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
Valdez, E Manuel	17	195
Valdez, Jesue	14	14N	3
Valdtz, Virgil Louise	9	91
Valencia, Alfred		199	4	20 Mar 1907	25 Feb 1987
Valencia, Emmett		199	9	20 Dec 1904	2 Jun 1980
Valencia, Martha	18	199	8	31 Jul 1913	15 Oct 1963
Valencia, Nolbert	20	225	12	6 Jun 1938	28 Feb 1939
Valencia, Vencent	18	199	3	Feb 12 1947	1 Sep 1956
VanDeren, Lulu Hyde				1866	1942
VanBeber, Dora		81	8	3 Jun 1908	3 Oct 1994
VanBeber, Homer James				12 Mar 1932	26 Nov 1996
VanBeber, James		81	9	27 May 1900	26 Jan 1991
Vargas, Felix	13	145	3	1880	1934
Vargas, Fortunata Vidal	13	145	4	1886	1970
Vargas, Leo		13N	10	24 Apr 1918	12 Jun 2000
Vargas, Paul Duane	13	145	6	7 Jul 1966	15 Dec 1966
Vargas, Soledad Rosie		13N	9	13 Jun 1915	3 Apr 2002
Vasmera, Joseph Frank	13	140	2
Veik, Ethel D "Mickie"				12 Aug 1941	6 Jun 1983
Velasquez, Alfonso	19	218	1	1883.	1940
Velasquez, Antonio	19	218	2	182	1958
Velasquez, Joseph M		218	5	30 Oct 1906	1 Jun 1984
Velasquez, Rudolph	19	218	3	1933	1950
Velasquez, Toma M				17 Nov 1910
Vendetti, Angie Agnes		4N	9	23 Oct 1903	27 Feb 1976
Vendetti, Nick		4N	10	11 Mar 1897	9 Dec 1980
Vigil, Leo P.		16N	4	21 Oct 1912	11 Jan 1981
Vigil, Marty Amador				28 Dec 1969	17 Nov 2002
Vigil, Shirley				20 Aug
Villarreal, Jimmy		252	6
Villigas, Joe	19	219
Villigas, Morvilla	20	225
Vinaldo, Roy Baby	20	222
Volkart,  Margaret E	7	62	3	1 Nov 1861	16 May 1944
Volkart, Oscar E	7	62	4	12 Aug 1856	26 Sep 1930
Vollmar, Agatha	8	73	3		19 Oct 1886
Vollmar, Ambrose Francis	14	155	12
Vollmar, Anna B	14	155	4	1873	1907
Vollmar, Arthur	14	155
Vollmar, Benjamin	8	73		26 May 1876	30 Mar 1916
Vollmar, Bernard	14	155	5	1902	1906
Vollmar, Catherine L				1903	1906
Vollmar, Charles L				1967	1941
Vollmar, David	8	73	5
Vollmar, Dorothy Marie				19 Jun 1930
Vollmar, E. Benjamin	13	137	5
Vollmar, . Ernest	13	137	4	28 Sep 1903	10 Dec 1917
Vollmar, Elizabeth	14	155	11	1880	1960
Vollmar, Francis A				1906	1955
Vollmar, Franklin Geo	8	73	6	1868	1941
Vollmar, George F	13	137		1901	1942
Vollmar,  Winifred	13	137	2	1872	1937
Vollmar, Harold C	14	155	8	1897	1963
Vollmar, Judy Ann				4 Aug 1959	21 Jun 2005
Vollmar, Justin Gale				17 Mar 1924
Vollmar, Lillian		72	7	1899	1986
Vollmar, Louis Charles	14	155	1
Vollmar, Louis Earl	13	137	12	5 Mar 1906	27 Sep 1963
Vollmar, Louis E Jr.		137	12
Vollmar, Lugene Ernest		137	12	18 Apr 1940	19 Aug 2000
Vollmar, Raymond	14	155	2	1896	1918
Vollmar, Stella Marie		155	7	1899	1988
Vollmar, Walter	13	137
Vosmera, Emilie	13	140	1	1880	1937
Vosmera, Joseph F				1878	1972