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
Zamora, Alifonsa				19 Mar 1914	29 Apr 19??
Zamora, Bernardo		18N	6
Zamora, Delia				20 Dec 1934
Zamora, Evangeline				21 Sep 1930
Zamora, Gabriel		17N	7	1898	1976
Zamora, John S "Pico"				8 Aug 1964	31 Jan 2008
Zamora, Luis				11 Oct 1932	29 Dec 1998
Zamora, Luz H				1910
Zamora, Nicholas Jr		232	9	3 Sep 1900	24 Aug 1980
Zamora, Thomas		17N	6	8 Sep 1928	17 Dec 1998
Zeschin, Gerold L		3W	6	27 Apr 1938	23 Jun 1976
Zeschin, Rose Mary				18 Aug 1945
Ziemer, Eugene F				12 Jul 1918	8 Oct 2008
Ziemer, Dean Richard	19	215	12
Ziemer, Frances Emma	15	167	6	20 Sep 1889	9 Jan 1970
Ziemer, Mell Frank		167	5	22 Mar 1887	3 Sep 1980
Ziemer, Verna Anita		167	7	19 Dec 1915	8 Apr 1992