Vigo County Poor Farm Graveyard
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Vigo County Poor Farm Graveyard

Also known as County Home Cemetery , Vigo County Poor Asylum Cemetery

Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA

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  • Get directions 1350 N Fruitridge Avenue
    Terre Haute, Indiana 47804 United States
    Coordinates: 39.49783, -87.36783
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Vigo County Poor Farm records indicate 49 burials near the northern boundary of the property from 1898 to 1903.No known records exist for subsequent burials. Old Plat maps are marked "Graveyard" with 24 crosses on both sides of then Watson Road. Asylum Building built in 1866, now demolished. No marked graves exist. Eight sets of Human remains unearthed in 20ll during excavation for new water line.

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"Feed the hungry and clothe the naked is a sacred charge."

"The first poor house in Vigo County was built on 80 acres in 1853 and was charged with caring for the ‘unfortunates' of the county. By 1865, due in large part to the rapidly growing city of Terre Haute, the house was no longer adequate to care for the poor of the county and the house was sold."

"In 1866, a new site for the Home, located on what is now Maple Avenue, was purchased and construction on a new building soon follows. The County Home was rebuilt again in 1936 with an expansion in 1976. In 1992, ownership of the Home was transferred to Nationwide Management Inc. of Indianapolis when the Vigo County Council voted to sell the Home."

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The cemetery is located in Harrison Township (SW quadrant of the NW quadrant of the SW quadrant of Section 12, Township 12N, Range 9W) about 2000 feet west of N Fruitridge Avenue about 0.4 miles north of its intersection with Maple Avenue.



The cemetery is listed in the Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and in the State Historical Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) with Cemetery Record Number CR-84-129 (Vigo County Poor Farm / County Home).













Vigo County Poor Farm records indicate 49 burials near the northern boundary of the property from 1898 to 1903.No known records exist for subsequent burials. Old Plat maps are marked "Graveyard" with 24 crosses on both sides of then Watson Road. Asylum Building built in 1866, now demolished. No marked graves exist. Eight sets of Human remains unearthed in 20ll during excavation for new water line.

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"Feed the hungry and clothe the naked is a sacred charge."

"The first poor house in Vigo County was built on 80 acres in 1853 and was charged with caring for the ‘unfortunates' of the county. By 1865, due in large part to the rapidly growing city of Terre Haute, the house was no longer adequate to care for the poor of the county and the house was sold."

"In 1866, a new site for the Home, located on what is now Maple Avenue, was purchased and construction on a new building soon follows. The County Home was rebuilt again in 1936 with an expansion in 1976. In 1992, ownership of the Home was transferred to Nationwide Management Inc. of Indianapolis when the Vigo County Council voted to sell the Home."

--SixDogTeam



The cemetery is located in Harrison Township (SW quadrant of the NW quadrant of the SW quadrant of Section 12, Township 12N, Range 9W) about 2000 feet west of N Fruitridge Avenue about 0.4 miles north of its intersection with Maple Avenue.



The cemetery is listed in the Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and in the State Historical Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) with Cemetery Record Number CR-84-129 (Vigo County Poor Farm / County Home).













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