Piute County: Cemeteries

Cemeteries

It is unlikely that cemetery indexes will be posted on this site anytime soon &endash; however, all Piute County cemeteries have been transcribed with the data entered among other information in each person's biographical file.

A searchable database containing at least some of Piute County's cemeteries is available through the Utah State Historical Society.

BOOKMARK this Piute County GenWeb site before going offsite to the burial database!

http://www.dced.state.ut.us/history/Services/lcburials.html

Cemeteries within Piute County:

Circleville City Cemetery

west end of town

In use; well-kept, watered, and fenced.

Junction Cemetery

(aka Junction Hill or Terrace Hill Cemetery)

south end of town on old Highway 89 route)

In use; well-kept, terraced, desert landscaping.

Junction Field Cemetery

(aka Junction Lower Cemetery)

directly east across the highway from Junction Cemetery

No longer used; neglected; some damage.

Junction North Cemetery

west side of Highway 89, just north of Piute High School

No longer used; very neglected, much damaged;

some unmarked or unidentified graves.

*Earns dubious honor of being the cemetery most in need of restoration/preservation.*

Kingston Cemetery

(take 600 West to 600 South; turn east, follow road 1/2 mile)

In use; well-kept, watered, and fenced.

Dennis Family Cemetery

short distance south of Marysvale on Highway 89, west side of road

Private. No longer used; well-kept, desert landscaping.

Mountain View Cemetery

Marysvale, on hill east of town, near hillside "M"

This cemetery consists of two parts:

Newer part: In use; well-kept, watered, fenced.

Pioneer part: No longer in use; tended but deteriorating; desert landscaping;

many unmarked graves; many graves marked but unidentified.

Murray Family Cemetery

north of Marysvale, short distance east of Highway 89

Private; in use? Well kept, watered, fenced.

Big Valley Cemetery

(aka Thompsonville Cemetery)

on old Thompsonville road, east side of road

In use; well-kept, desert landscaping, fenced.

Some unmarked graves; some marked but unidentified graves.

Howes Family Cemetery

south of Thompsonville, north of Piute Reservoir, well east of Highway 89

(ask directions of residents or ranchers you see on the way)

In use; well-kept, desert landscaping, fenced.

Greenwich generally uses the cemetery in Koosharem north over the Sevier County line

Angle and surrounding area generally uses the cemetery in Antimony

south over Garfield County line

USGS maps and local sources indicate isolated graves in other areas of the county

No formal cemeteries existed in Alunite, Bullion, or Deer Trail mining areas.

I am unaware of the status of any possible cemetery at Kimberly.