Hillside Cemetery
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Hillside Cemetery

Also known as Fort Lupton Cemetery

Fort Lupton, Weld County, Colorado, USA

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Hillside Cemetery was established in 1874 as a private cemetery by the Hillside Cemetery Company, a.k.a. The Hillside Cemetery Association, Inc. The need was created when John Henderson was killed accidently in 1874 while hunting for ducks near the old Wattenberg Place. During the discussion about Henderson's accident, someone remarked that the community needed a regular cemetery and John Haynes offered to donate some land if the others would fence it. Thus, John Henderson was the first person buried in Hillside Cemetery.

Prior to that time, people were buried at most any out-of-the-way spot on the homesteads. After the Cemetery was dedicated, many of the pioneers moved their deceased family members from scattered graves to the Hillside Cemetery. The first were the children of William Grant Winbourn, founder of the Town of Fort Lupton and father of its first Mayor, Thomas C. Winbourn.

On the 4th of May, 1949, by the adoption of Ordinance No. 215, the Town of Fort Lupton acquired the Cemetery from Hillside Cemetery Association and has operated it as a public cemetery since.

Additions to the Cemetery were made in 1892, 1920, 1950, 1972 and 2000. The Cemetery occupies approximately 8.6 acres of land with over 7,000 people buried.






Hillside Cemetery was established in 1874 as a private cemetery by the Hillside Cemetery Company, a.k.a. The Hillside Cemetery Association, Inc. The need was created when John Henderson was killed accidently in 1874 while hunting for ducks near the old Wattenberg Place. During the discussion about Henderson's accident, someone remarked that the community needed a regular cemetery and John Haynes offered to donate some land if the others would fence it. Thus, John Henderson was the first person buried in Hillside Cemetery.

Prior to that time, people were buried at most any out-of-the-way spot on the homesteads. After the Cemetery was dedicated, many of the pioneers moved their deceased family members from scattered graves to the Hillside Cemetery. The first were the children of William Grant Winbourn, founder of the Town of Fort Lupton and father of its first Mayor, Thomas C. Winbourn.

On the 4th of May, 1949, by the adoption of Ordinance No. 215, the Town of Fort Lupton acquired the Cemetery from Hillside Cemetery Association and has operated it as a public cemetery since.

Additions to the Cemetery were made in 1892, 1920, 1950, 1972 and 2000. The Cemetery occupies approximately 8.6 acres of land with over 7,000 people buried.






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