THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED IN DONIPHAN BEHIND THE HERITAGE PARK WHERE THE OLD PIONEER LOG CABIN, BARN AND CEMETERY IS.
THE CEMETERY HAS HAD A COUPLE OF NAMES OVER SEVERAL YEARS. I T WAS CALLED THE OLD TOWN CEMETERY IN 1847 WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED,
THEN WHEN IT BECAME FULL IN 1897, MANY OF THE GRAVES WERE REMOVED AND TAKEN TO THE OAK RIDGE CEMETERY [NOW CALLED CITY CEMETERY].
THERE IS ALSO A SIGN NAMING IT THE 'OLD DONIPHAN CEMETERY'.
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