Fond du Lac in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

County Home Cemetery

Fond du Lac

Photographed by William J. Toman, May 3, 2014

1. County Home Cemetery Marker

Inscription. This site marks the Fond du Lac County Farm Cemetery. The Farm, no longer extant, was founded in 1856 to assist indigent and mentally ill county residents. The cemetery, about 65' x 295' in size, was also known as the Courthouse Burial Grounds. Wooden markers once denoted the burial plots of the residents, interred here over a period of 100 years.

Erected 2000 by the Wisconsin Historical Society. (Marker Number 452.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Wisconsin Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1856.

Location. 43° 45.03′ N, 88° 28.59′ W. Marker is in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in Fond du Lac County. It can be reached from West Rolling Meadows Drive 0.1 miles east of South Military Road. The marker is located near the second hole of the Rolling Meadows Golf Course. Check in at the pro shop for directions; the marker is within walking distance from there. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 560 West Rolling Meadows Drive, Fond du Lac WI 54937, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Wisconsin’s Fox River Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fond du Lac County Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Pioneer Military Road

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(approx. 1.6 miles away); Pier Cemetery 1838 (approx. 1.7 miles away); Pier Cemetery (approx. 1.7 miles away); Camp Hamilton (approx. 2.1 miles away); The Military Road (approx. 2.1 miles away); Union Soldiers Monument (approx. 2.2 miles away); a different marker also named Union Soldiers Monument (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fond du Lac.

Photographed by William J. Toman, May 3, 2014

2. County Home Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 3, 2014, by William J. Toman of Green Lake, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,483 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 3, 2014, by William J. Toman of Green Lake, Wisconsin.