Hamilton Cemetery, Germania Township, Todd County, Minnesota
Today the lost and long ago cemetery is marked by a simple granite marker. The roadside marker and cemetery is located on County #24, just west of the intersection of County #24 and County #11.
This cemetery is totally abandoned and overgrown. The only
clue that this was once a cemetery is the marker placed in the ditch just off
the county road. I was out looking for cemeteries for my students to transcribe
and read about this one, so I went looking for it. Drove by a few times and
then saw the marker. We got out and checked it out, no visible tombstones,
there are some large overgrown lilac bushes, perhaps once placed on a grave.
The ground is uneven with lots of big stones and rocks hidden and half buried.
The corn fields seem to have taken over the land.
I checked with the local historical society and this
cemetery was once very large, but has been abandoned for decades.
Hamilton Cemetery
First burial in 1885
Established in 1897
and used until 1910
Final resting place of a number of
Germania Township Pioneers
This memorial erected in honor of these individuals
By the Pioneer Old Timers 1967
Earliest Burial: 1/1/1885
Latest Burial: 1/1/1910
Rhonda . . . when you say "abandoned," does that imply that the bodies here were removed and re interred elsewhere, or do you suppose the remains are still here? Hope someone has records of at least, whom was buried here for the sake of researchers.
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