Located 1/2 mile East of Platteville on Weld County Road 32 in Township 3, Range 66, Section 18. The Platteville Mizpah Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in Weld County that is still in use. It is operated by the Town of Platteville. Originally called the Sandhill Cemetery by the pioneers, it was renamed Mizpah Cemetery after 1926. In 1926, the Mizpah Club made the improvement of the cemetery their club project. With the club as a driving force, cemetery improvement became a community project. Trees, shrubs, and grass were planted as money became available. A WPA project in 1939 fenced the cemetery and installed the first rock gateway. The second rock gateway was built and dedicated to the memory of the area servicemen who lost their lives in World War II.
An unknown person is the first recorded burial, the first named burial was in 1873. Persons associated with the nearby fur trading posts and Fort Vasquez may have been buried on the hill as early as the 1840s. A local folklore heroine named Rattlesnake Kate is buried in Mizpah Cemetery. One day in 1925, she killed 140 rattlesnakes on her way to a pond with her son. The snakes were collected and the skins were used to make a dress, which she wore to many functions. Her story is on file with the Platteville Pioneer Museum.

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Name	Row	Lot	Space	Notes
Rael, Adlalia	17	17N
Rael, Solomon	16	16N	9
Ramirez, A Ollie		227	9
Ramirez, Edward R	20	227	10
Ramirez, Eurevia	19	219	9
Ramirez, Sebathana	20	227	8
Ramirez, Tammy Carol		227	5
Ramos, Calsado Mateo	18	200	3
Ramos, Enes	20	222
Raney, D. F.	9	86	3
Raney, Earl James	16	180	10
Raney, Ella J	9	86	5
Raney, Father Isaac Newton		86	10
Raney, Geo T	9	86	6
Raney, George T		86	4
Raney, Harriet		76	8
Raney, L. M	9	86	2
Raney, Lewis Anthony	9	86	9
Raney, Mary D Walker	9	86	1
Raney, Newton Isaac	9	86	7
Raney, Sarah Emma	16	180	11
Raney, Wick R	16	180	12
Rangel, Ramon Paul		248	6
Rany, Lucinda	9	86
Ratttesnake Kate *Slaughterback )	2	6W	10
Raya, Egenia	20	222
Raymond, A Geroge	2	6W	5
Raymond, M. Illda	2	6W	6
Reed, Son of Wallace Reed Mackey	14	153
Reeve, G Steve	7	64	12
Reeve, Mary Ethel		64	11
Regalado, Rebecca		197	9
Reid, Anna	15	162
Reid, Charles	15	162	10
Reid, Dora	15	162	12
Remine, Moses	10	101	3
Remine, Mrs M. (Sarah)	10	101	2
Rennels, Betty A	20	231
Rennels, Gary William	20	231
Rennels, Lee Mary	20	231
Rennels, Sophia	20	231	1
Reyes, Joe	20	223
Reyes, John	20	223
Reyes, Laurence	20	223
Reynolds, Harry S		12W	11
Reynolds, Nellie G		12W	10
Reynolds, Thomas	12	129	4
Rhoades, Loretta		20	11
Rhoades, Olandl		117	5
Rhoades, William H		20	12
Rhoads, E Jennie	12	118	2
Rice, P Nettie	12	128	2
Richardson, Alva L		39	1
Richardson, Charles Milburn		39	12
Richardson, Clarence A	3	8	12
Richardson, Dean Douglas		69	12	2/2/1910 9/4/2003
Richardson, Dessel		69	11	3/12/1905 12/17/2003
Richardson, Elizabeth Emma	6	43	4
Richardson, Everett	3	3N
Richardson, F. William	3	3N
Richardson, Glen R	5	5N	4
Richardson, Gwendolyn M. L.		39	11
Richardson, Hazel		39	2	5/17/1996
Richardson, Henry Albert	6	43	3
Richardson, Mark		39	12	7/10/1996
Richardson, May Stella	5	5N	2
Richardson, Mildred	5	39	4
Richardson, Nellie	3	3N
Richardson, W. Cary	5	5N	1
Richardson, William Earl		39	4
Richling, Edward F	12	118	7
Richmond, Claud Leonard		105	5
Rickman, Hollie Lynn		245	6
Riley, Alice		2	9
Riojas, Armaida		22N	4
Riojas, Rodolfo		22N	6
Rios, Ascension	20	225
Rios, Dennis	20	225
Rios, Francesca		224	5
Rios, Jessie	21	244	3
Rios, John	20	225	4
Rios, Jose Jesus		244	4
Rios, Robert L		243	6
Ripperger, Cynthia Jo		73	12
Rix, Mary	8	70
Rix, Mary Ellen		141	2
Roacho, Rachel		251	5
Robb, Catherine Louise	9	82	4
Robb, Chas Mrs	11	105
Roberts, Ben	4	17	1
Roberts, Elizabeth		17	2
Roberts, Eugene B		WC 3	5
Roberts, Nellie M		40	2
Roberts, Peggy Jo		51	10
Robertson, Jody Lee		196	12
Robertson, Martha Ann		19	6
Robinson, Ellen Nora		2N	10
Rodriguez, Eva (Genevia)	17	194	10
Rodriguez, Henry	17	193	1
Rodriguez, Salvador		76	4	10/3/1995
Rodriguiz, Manual Vital		193	11
Rodriquez, Christopher David		193	12
Rogers, Joshua Isaac	23	272	1
Rojas, Aurora J	14	145	5
Rojas, Longina		145	2
Rojas, Pedro Mojica		145	1
Rollins, Q M		3
Romero, Apolina	19	216	8
Romero, Caretina	22	253	2
Romero, Carlos Justin		252	8
Romero, Diego	16	16N	2
Romero, Felipe		226	3
Romero, Josepha	16	16N	1
Romero, Librada Dorothy		226	2
Romero, Librada Natalie		226	1
Romero, Marcelino Alonzo		253	1
Romero, Margarita	19	216	4
Romero, Margarito	20	227	4
Romero, Maria	16	16N
Romero, Philip		254	6	6/3/2002
Romero, Priscilla	17	17N
Romero, Siperino	19	216	9
Rosales, Dolores	19	218	4
Rosenberger, Fay		75	9	12/29/2000
Ross, Cornelius		9N	5
Ross, Fredora		9N	6
Ross, H Nellie	16	181	6
Ross, Randolph Arthur	16	181	5
Rothermel, Anna Elizabeth		204	8
Rothermel, Jacob	18	204	9
Rothermel, Lee Robert	18	204	7
Rothermel, Santa	18	204	6
Rouse, Cecil Edwin		101	10
Rouse, George Franklin		266	12
Ruegge Minnie	13	134	10
Ruff, May Sandra	9	9N	1
Ruiz, Robert Jr		195	1
Rupple, Adam		3	4	3/12/1997
Rupple, Anna Mae	2	3W	6
Russell, Rodney Allen		19	6
Ryden, Edna	21	235	4
Ryden, Joseph		235	4