Pittsville in Wood County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

City Founders’ Cemetery

“Pitts’ Cemetery”

Photographed by Keith L, May 4, 2008

1. City Founders' Cemetery Marker

Inscription. This cemetery is the final resting place of men, women and children who settled Pittsville and the surrounding area. Some tombstones have weathered, some broke; some graves were never marked. Some stones were moved, but time and nature cannot remove the life these people pioneered for us – Their Living Memorial

Erected 1987.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites.

Location. 44° 26.532′ N, 90° 7.794′ W. Marker is in Pittsville, Wisconsin, in Wood County. It is at the intersection of 1st Avenue and East Jackson Street, on the left when traveling south on 1st Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pittsville WI 54466, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Wisconsin. 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Center of the State of Wisconsin (approx. 0.3 miles away); History of the Bataan Death March Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Indian Bill Cemetery (approx. 6½ miles away); Geological History of Powers Bluff (approx. 6.7 miles away); Gallagher Foundation (approx. 7.2 miles away); Wallace B. Grange (approx. 7.7 miles away); Babcock

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(approx. 9.8 miles away); Cranberry Culture (approx. 9.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pittsville.

Other markers no longer nearby. Indian Dance Rings (was approx. 6.7 miles away but has been permanently removed); Powers Bluff (was approx. 6.7 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Photographed by Keith L, May 4, 2008

2. City Founders' Cemetery Marker

Back of Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith L, May 4, 2008

3. Back of Marker

Pittsville Founders' Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Keith L, May 4, 2008

4. Pittsville Founders' Cemetery

Final resting place of Oliver Pitts & family, other early settlers.

Photographed by Keith L, May 4, 2008

5. Nearby Sign

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 4, 2008, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,518 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 4, 2008, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.