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Polk County Poor Farm Cemetery

Polk County, Missouri, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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Susan Sparks with the Polk County Genealogical Society said the law at the time (1850s) said that the "aged, infirmed, lame, blind or sick person shall be maintained and supported by the county at a private home or county-run farm." Those living at the farm were required to grow crops, work the land and sell produce to help pay for their care.
The County Farm cemetery is on the southeast side of the property.
Sparks said the law allowed the county to take care of these people and even allowed for the single funeral expense of the cost of a coffin when they died. Funeral expenses did not allow for a tombstone, so those buried at the county farm cemetery at the southeast corner of the fairgrounds, have unmarked graves.

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