Norway Farms Cemetery is located along Lake Shaffer (between Norway Dam & Indiana Beach Amusement Park) in Norway, which is a community on the outskirts of Monticello, IN.

Norway County Farm Cemetery is located in Union Township #24N Range 3, Section 16 in White county, Indiana, near the town of Monticello.

On March 2, 1857, the county purchased from James C. Reynolds 200 acres of land, five miles northwest of Monticello, for the a price of $3,250. On this property was a house and into this house the poor were collected. In early 1858 Uncle Charley Rider was employed to take charge as first keeper of the poorhouse. This old building, with its various additions , was always a reproach to the good people of White County and in 1857 the commissioners let to Harbolt & Tilton, of Monticello, a contract to erect a new frame building at a cost of $3,000, which was completed and occupied in December, 1875. But this became unsanitary and in March, 1907, the commissioners and county council met in joint session to consider a site for a county infirmary. After viewing and studying carefully both sites owned by the county and several others, it was decided to purchase from Daniel McCuaig, the 150 acre farm known as the old Breckenridge farm, on the gravel road north of Monticello. The purchase price was $16,500. The county council appropriated $31,000 for building purposes.

The site selected for the new building is on a bluff overlooking the river (now Lake Shaffer), which, in addition to being picturesque, afforded perfect drainage. Plans for the new building were furnished by the state board of charities. These were adapted to the needs of White County and the building was planned by Samuel A. Young, a local architect. On June 16, 1908 the building was formally accepted by the county board of commissioners. The total cost was $33,364.91. Built after many years of urging by grand juries, the press and the public and only after the old buildings had become almost scandalous in their unfitness, the new asylum placed White County in the front ranks for the humane care for the poor.

The cemetery associated with the Poor Home is located to the East of the home. At some time in the last fifty years or so , parcels of land were sold off to the public, on which private homes were built. During the late 1800's an area near the cemetery was being excavated for the gravel to be used on the county roads when six Indian bodies were unearthed. These bodies were relocated to the West end of the cemetery where they rest now. No markers were placed at the time so the exact location is unknown.

Not all persons buried here were poor. Some plots were sold to the public and there have been burials here within the last 10 years. Many of the poor graves had no markers or in time these markers have disappeared. You will notice a large area that is open; this is were the poor were placed to rest.