Fitch Cemetery

The Fitch Cemetery, near Eureka, Utah, was established in 1920. It is also known as the Eureka Cemetery.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

Fitch Cemetery
Nearest cityEureka, Utah
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

It 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]

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

It is located on Utah State Route 36, to its north.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. As appears in Google maps.
  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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