High Street Cemetery

The OES visited High Street Cemetery on June 24, 2007. Established in 1831, this cemetery is located on High Street in Circleville. Today the cemetery contains markers for the war veterans buried there from the Revolution through the Spanish-American War. The cemetery was the second burying ground in Circleville and was known as the Old Circleville Cemetery. It was established by the town council, the five acre tract being purchased on March 19, 1831. According to Ohio Cemeteries by the Ohio Genealogical Society, all but one stone was removed by the city and dumped on the creek bank because many of the stone had become broken and unreadable. We are not sure when this occurred. A memorial plot was built in the shape of a "V" in honor of the veterans buried within the cemetery. We believe the military tombstones were restored in 1999 due to a sign on the fence stating something to this capacity. Inscriptions from the cemetery are available at the Circleville Library, Recorder's Office and in the Winter 1974 issue of Pickaway Quarterly. If you have any other information about this cemetery, please email .

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Location Information: Inactive Cemetery [Safe]

High Street Cemetery is located on East High Street in Circleville, Pickaway County.

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