Spring City Pioneer Cemetery

Spring City's first settlers laid out this burial ground in 1857 in the outline of the state itself. The earliest grave was Newton Devine Allred's, that same year; a decade later three men killed in the Black Hawk War were buried here, and children's graves crowded the ground under wooden markers, piles of stone, or soft sandstone whose names the weather has since erased. The last burial came in 1910, and the town moved on to newer ground. The Utah-shaped plot survives in Spring City, among the best-kept pioneer towns in the state.

What the plaque says

The pioneers of Spring City established a cemetery at this location in 1857. It is in the shape of the State of Utah. The earliest known burial was that of Newton Devine Allred in 1857. Three men who were casualties of the Black Hawk War, James Meek, Martin Andrew Johansen, and Lars Alexander Justesen, were buried here in 1867 and 1868. Isaac Allred, brother of James Allred founder of Spring City, was interred in 1870. Many of the markers were of local sandstone, and the elements have washed away some of the names and dates. This cemetery was nearly covered with wooden markers, mostly children’s graves. Some graves were marked with only a square stone at the head and a smaller one at the foot, and still others with a pile of rocks. The last person buried here was Isaac Morton Behunin in 1910. This cemetery was then filled and a new location was found.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Spring City — steps away
  An entire pioneer town preserved on the National Register
• Mount Pleasant — 5.0 mi
  A National Register Main Street and Utah's oldest boarding school
• Skyline Drive — 9.0 mi
  A hundred miles of dirt along the 10,000-foot crest of the Wasatch Plateau
• Ephraim Co-op — 9.7 mi
  The 1871 cooperative store that outlived the economy it was built to replace

More markers nearby

• Spring City — steps away
• Spring City, City Hall — steps away
• Spring Town — 0.4 mi
• LDS Meeting House — 0.4 mi