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Moorefield Township Trustees are responsible for the care of two inactive cemeteries located within the Township. Dear Cemetery is a family burial ground located at the corner of County Line and River Roads. Burials at Dear Cemetery ceased around the mid- 1900’s. Mumper Cemetery is situated on the east side of Morris Road, south of Mumper Road and was once the site of Moorefield Chapel. Graves located at Mumper Cemetery date from the early 1800’s to the early 1900’s.
 
Graves located at Dear Cemetery on River Road
A view of Mumper Cemetery on Morris Road

The Township also operates and maintains Pleasant Hill Cemetery, 4287 Mechanicsburg Road. Burials continue to take place at Pleasant Hill Cemetery several times each year. The Township Road department is responsible for maintenance of all the Township cemeteries and for burials at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

 

The charges for services at Pleasant Hill Cemetery are as follows:

• Opening and closing of grave $500.00 weekdays
$600.00 weekends and holidays
   
• Opening and closing for cremation or infant $150.00
   
• Foundations for monuments $ .35 per square inch
   

Rules of use for Moorefield Township Cemeteries:

• No planting of flowers, shrubs or trees is allowed.
• No glass containers are permitted.
• Flowers or other remembrances placed on or near graves will be removed as deemed necessary.
• Annual spring cleanup will begin no earlier than March 1st.
• The cemetery closes at dark.

 

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Center for Public Management and Regional Affairs
Miami University 
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Oxford, OH 45056

Last Updated: March 27, 2007