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
Yamaguchi, Frank Masatake		80	2	11 Feb 1914	28 Aug 1992
Yamaguchi, Shigeko				17 Jan 1917
Ybarra, Anthony		191	9
Ybarra, Antonio		11N	6	23 Jul 1916	30 Nov 1995
Ybarra, Baby Girl	18	18N
Ybarra, Eulalia		11N	5	12 Feb 1890	26 Jan 1988
Ybarra, Felpia Gonzales		119	6	5 Feb 1903	14 Feb 1984
Ybarra, Helen	18	18N
Ybarra, Manuel		191	5	11 Sep 1916	13 Jul 1990
Ybarra, Pablo		11N	4	20 Jan 1984	3 Dec 1980
Ybarra, Secondino		11N	6	1 Jul 1928	23 Apr 2001
Ybarra, Tony G				21 Aug 1961	28 Jan 1979
Young, Christina Jean				17 Aug 1946
Young, Cleota Lillie	3	2	11	1907	1965
Young, George E		2	12	1903	1973
Young, Grayce Elaine		209	6	1917	1989
Young, Pat Markham				5 Apr 1946
Younts, Bernice		216	3	1917	1977
Younts, William Lee		216	2	1918	1977
Yurchick, Annie		248	1
Yurk, Ester	20	222