Fitch Cemetery

The Fitch Cemetery, located west of Eureka, Utah, United States,[2] was established in 1920 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

Not to be confused with the Eureka City Cemetery (Utah), a different, but nearby, cemetery.
Fitch Cemetery
Nearest cityEureka, Utah
United States
Coordinates39°56′14″N 112°09′07″W
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1920
MPSTintic Mining District MRA
NRHP reference No.79003471[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1979

Description

The cemetery is a private cemetery, which is not typically eligible for National Register listing. But the 1977 nomination asserts that "the Fitch burial area represents a most unique factor in U. S. mining history; namely, the fact that an entrepreneurial family not only lived in the locale of their mine but also are buried there. In fact, in 1975 a member died in New York, and the remains were flown to Utah for internment [sic] at the family cemetery."[3]

The cemetery includes a headstone for Walter Fitch (1854-1937) and Exilda Fitch (1857-1948).[3]

It is located on just off U.S. Route 6, but is more easily accessed by heading north off Utah State Route 36.[2]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Google (July 22, 2020). "Fitch Cemetery" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  3. Philip. F. Notarianni (October 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Historic Resources of the Tintic Mining District". National Park Service. Retrieved June 12, 2019. (Linked text is extract from full document here. Fitch Cemetery covered on pages 1-2 in appendix: Individual Sites in the Tintic Multi Resource District.) With accompanying photo from 1977

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