Summit County, Colorado Cemetery Directory |
Cemetery Name | Location | Type | History | Status | Record Custodian/Owner | Published Records | Where Available |
Abbett Ranch Cemetery | In the far northwestern corner of Summit County (Location? Legals?) | Private | Information | FLEMING | |||
Argentine Cemetery | On Argentine Pass road, c 3 miles from Town of Montezuma (Legals?) | Unknown | 10 graves, only 2 known burials, 1884 & 1888 | Abondoned | No records available. | Inscriptions | McQUERY |
Bell Cemetery | SEE: Edmundson Cem. | ||||||
Breckenridge Cemetery | SEE: Valley Brook, Catholic & Masonic Cemeteries | ||||||
Breckenridge Old Cemetery | Southern edge of Town of Breckenridge (Legals?) | Public | 1st cemetery in area; earliest known burials 1876 | Abondoned; few graves remain, most removed to Valley Brook Cemetery | Unknown | Information, Inscriptions | FLEMING; McQUERY |
Catholic Cemetery | Now part of Valley Brook Cemetery, c 1 mile north of Breckenridge (Parts of Sec. 25, T6S, R78W, and Sec. 30, T6S, R77W, 6th P.M.) | Church, Catholic | 1st known burial 1876 | Still in use as part of Valley Brook Cemetery | St. Mary's Catholic Church, Breckenridge, Colorado | Information, Church Records, Inscriptions | FLEMING |
Chihuahua Cemetery | At site of early mining camp of Chihuahua on Peru Creek Rd., c 2 miles Northeast of Montezuma (Sec. 19, T5S, R6SW, 6th P.M.) | Public | Camp est. 1879; 1st known burial 1881 | Abondoned | No records available | Information, Inscriptions | FLEMING |
Dillon Cemetery | c 1 1/2 miles southeast of Dillon, 1/4 mile northeast of U.S. 6 (sec. 16, T5S, R77W, 6th P.M.) | Public | Est. 1962; contains burials from Old Dillon Cemetery | Still in Use | Town Clerk, Dillon, Colorado | Information, Burial Records, Inscriptions | CoHi; FLEMING; McQUERY |
Dillon Old Cemetery | Now under Dillon Reservoir (Location? Legals?) | Public | Land donated by Chauncey C. Warren in 1885; 1st marked grave 1879 | Abondoned; 327 bodies removed to present cemetery in 1962 | Town Clerk, Dillon, Colorado | Information, Burial Records, Inscriptions | CoHi; FLEMING; McQUERY |
Dusing Cemetery | On the Dusing Ranch, on the road leading to the Culbreath Ranch, near Heeney (Legals?) | Priavte, Family | Graves of Fred Dusing, d. 1896, & his daughter Anna, d. age 12 | Abandoned | Information | FLEMING | |
Edmundson Cemetery, aka Bell Cemetery | On a ranch, along the Blue River, near Silverthorne (Location? Legals?) | Private, Family | Information | FLEMING | |||
Frisco Cemetery | At Town of Frisco, just east of intersection of Main St. & Colo. 9 (Sec. 35, T5S, R78W, 6th P.M.) | Public | Est. 1882 on Hynderlighter Ranch by Frisco Town Board; title to land obtained 1954 | Still in use | Town Clerk, Frisco, Colorado | Inscriptions, Burial Records, History | FLEMING; McQUEARY; CLAWSON |
Grand Army of the Republic, Joseph A. Mower Post, Cemetery | SEE: Valley Brook Cemetery | ||||||
Grandview Cemetery, aka McKinley Cemetery | From Green Mountain Resevoir, go south on Colo. 9 for c 2 miles to first bridge over the river; make a right turn onto dirt road, leads to parking area near Graveyards Campground (Sec. 34, T2S, R79W, 6th P.M.) | Private | 1st burials 1900; last known burial 1933; local ranch families (Smith, McKinley, & Enyard) | Abandoned | Unknown | Inscriptions, Obituaries, Family Records | FLEMING; HARPER; CLAWSON |
Guyselman-Knorr Cemetery | SEE: Knorr-Guyselman | ||||||
Hennick, Conrad, Grave of | On the north fork of Ten Mile Creek, exact location unknown (Legals?) | Single Grave | Died c 1920 | Abandoned | Information | McQUERAY | |
I.O.O.F. Cemetery | SEE: Valley Brook Cemetery | ||||||
Improved Order of Redmen, Kiowa Tribe No. 6, Cemetery | SEE: Valley Brook Cemetery | ||||||
Kansas Colony Cemetery | In far northern portion of Summit County, just south of the Grand County line (Exact Location? Legals?) | Priavte | Est. by a group of homesteaders from Kansas | Information | FLEMING | ||
Knights of Pythias, Gold Nugget Lodge, Cemetery | SEE: Valley Brook Cemetery | ||||||
Knorr Ranch Cemetery | A second cemetery on the old Knorr Ranch, exact location unknown (Legals?) | Private | Only known burial Sarah Westlake, who came to area in 1880's | Abandoned | No records available | Information | McQUEARY |
Knorr-Guyselman Cemetery | On ranch now covered by Green Mountain Reservoir (Possibly Sec. 12 or 13, T2S, R80W, 6th P.M.) | Private | Unknown | Abandoned; Knorr family burials removed to Denver; others? | Information | FLEMING; McQUEARY | |
Kokomo Cemetery | Near site of Town of Kokomo (Sec. 23, T7S, R79W, 6th P.M.) | Public | Area settled c 1878; 1st marked burial 1880 | Abandoned; all burials removed to Valley Brook Cemetery & Leadville | Information | FLEMING; McQUEARY | |
Lakeside Cemetery | At site of old Town of Lakeside, no under Green Mountain Reservoir (Legals?) | Public | Lakeside Post Office est. 1882, discontinued 1886 | Abandoned | Information | CLAWSON | |
Lincoln Cemetery | At site of Lincoln, 4 miles east of Breckenridge in French Gulch (Sec. 34, T6S, R77W, 6th P.M.) | Public | Est. in 1860's, only remaining marker 1864; at least 7 graves remain | Abandoned; most burials remove to Valley Brook Cemetery c 1904 | No records available (Breckenridge Town Clerk may have records of those removed to Valley Brook) | Information, Inscription | FLEMING; McQUEARY |
Masonic Cemetery | Adjoins Valley Brook Cemetery south of Breckenridge, at Airport & Cemetery Roads (Parts of Sec. 25, T6S, R78W, and Sec. 30, T6S, R77W, 6th P.M.) | Lodge | Est. 1896; contains earlier (1879) burials moved here from old cemetery | Still in use as part of Valley Brook Cemetery | Lodge 47, A.F. & A.M. Breckenridge, Colo.; Town Clerk, Breckenridge, Colorado | Information, Lodge Records, Inscriptions | FLEMING |
McKinley Cemetery | SEE: Grandview Cemetery | ||||||
Miller, Baby, Grave of | South of Gold Hill Road, west of Colo. 9 (Prob. Sec. 7, T6S, R77W, 6th P.M.) | Single Grave | Died 1886 | Abandoned | Information | FLEMING | |
Montezuma Cemetery | At Montezuma, on Morgan Mountain Road (Sec. 26, T5S, R76W, 6th P.M.) | Public | Town incorporated 1881; 1st settlers arrived in 1860's | Abandoned; last known burial 1947 | Unknown | Information, Death Records, Inscriptions | FLEMING; McQUEARY |
Parkville Cemetery | At site of Parkville, 3 miles south of Tiger on the Swan River at Georgia Gulch (Sec. 25, T6S, R77W, 6th P.M.) | Masonic, probably also Public | Est. c 1859, last burial during the 1870's; no markers remain | Abandoned | Masonic Archives? (Site of Summit Lodge No. 2, A.F. & A.M., 1861-1864) | Information | FLEMING; McQUEARY; CLAWSON |
Robinson Cemetery | Near former site of Town of Robinson (Sec. 26, T7S, R79W, 6th P.M.) | Public | Area settled c 1880 | Abandoned; most burials removed to Valley Brook Cemetery & Leadville | Information | FLEMING | |
Rural Cemetery No. 1 | On Ruby Mountain (Sec. 17, T5S, R75W, 6th P.M.) | Unknown | Graves of three road agents | Abandoned | Information | FLEMING | |
Searle Gulch Cemetery | In Searle Gulch, west of Colo. 91, northwest of Kokomo (Sec. 15, T7S, R79W, 6th P.M.) | Unknown | Abandoned | ||||
Slate Creek Cemetery | Location? Legals? (Area of Slate Creek located on line of Secs. 18 & 19, T3S, R78W, 6th P.M.) | Information | CLAWSON | ||||
Swan City Cemetery | At site of Swan City, east of Colo. 9, along Tiger Road (Sec. 14 or 15, T6S, R77W, 6th P.M.) | Unknown | Town est. 1880; only known burial 1883 | Abandoned | No records available | Obituary | OGS |
Unknown Grave No. 1 | Under the porch of the house on a ranch, now Dillon Valley (Location? Legals?) | Single Grave | Information | FLEMING | |||
Unknown Grave No. 2 | c 3 miles east of Colo. 9, along Tiger Road (Prob. Sec. 15, T6S, R77W, 6th P.M.) | Single Grave | May be the same as Swan City Cemetery | Information | FLEMING | ||
Unknown Grave No. 3 | In the Weisshorn Section of the Town of Breckenridge (Legals?) | Single Grave | Information | FLEMING | |||
Unknown Man's Grave | Along the railroad grade from Dillon to Kremmling (Location? Legals?) | Single Grave | Information | FLEMING | |||
Valley Brook Cemetery | c 1 mile north of Breckenridge, 1/4 mile west of Colo. 9 (SE1/4 Sec. 25, T6S, R77W, 6th P.M.) (Cemetery divied into sections: G.A.R., K. of P., I.O.R.M., Masonic, I.O.O.F., & Catholic) | Public | Est. 1896; contains earlier burials moved here from other cemeteries | Still in use | Town Clerk, Breckenridge, Colorado | Information, Burial Records, Inscriptions | FLEMING |
Wheeler Junction Cemetery | Location? Legals? (Wheeler Junction located where corners of Secs. 19, 20, 29 & 30 all come together, T6S, R78W, 6th P.M.) | Wheeler Post Office est. 1880, discontinued 1894 | Information | CLAWSON |
Abbreviations and Explanations |
c d Legals CLAWSON CoHi FLEMING HARPER McQUEARY OGS | circa death Legal description of the land where a cemetery is located Private holdings of Janet Marie Clawson, Dillon, Colorado Colorado State Historical Society, Denver, Colorado Private holdings of Miss. Naomi Fleming, Dillon, Colorado Private holdings of Judy Newton Harper, Loveland, Colorado McQueary, Lela O. Colorado Cemetery Records. Priavetly Published, 1985. Ouray Genealogical Society, Ouray, Colorado |