Cemetery: Farmington
Township Pioneer Cemetery
Other:
Sign: No
Street: n/a
City: Auburn North Dakota about 4 miles east/southeast
Township: NW 1/4 Section 5 Farmington
County: Walsh
State: North Dakota
Nation: USA
Zip:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions: From the Walsh/Pembina County line, on US
Highway 81 go 3 miles west on dirt road and turn and go south
about 1/2 mile. It is on the east side of the road.
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural-agricultural
Terrain: Level
Watersource: No
Features: Prairie Grass, Lilac Bushes, and Trees
Land Type:
Access: Open
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: early 1880's
Gravestones: about 4-10
Oldest: 1884
Newest: 1890's
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: Yes
Methods: Adhesives
Restoration: No
Association: No
Records: Yes
Inventory: Yes
Records location: Cemeteries of Walsh County Volume 26 Red
River Genealogical Society 1990
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: No
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Walkways: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: No
Granite: Yes
Marble: Yes
Native Stone: No
Slate: No
Other Stone: No
Wood: Yes
Materials: Unsure
Architectural: No
Angels: No
Draperies: No
Fraternal: No
Hands: Unsure
Lambs: Unsure
Monograms: No
Plants: No
Photos: No
Religious: No
Scrollwork: No
Urns: No
Other Carvings: No
Condition: Cemetery in danger of destruction
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: No
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Drainage: Good
Problem: Apathy
Owner: Cemetery
Use:
Bordering: Agricultural
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Rarely
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: No
Contacted: N/A
Surnames
Dieter, Nelson
Other Information
This is a abandoned Pioneer
Cemetery on the Walsh County Border. In January 1983, the Grand
Forks did a story on this particular cemetery. At that time there
was Peter Deiter headstone along with three headstones that
belonged to the Nelson children who died between 1884 and 1891.
There were also several wooden crosses that were rotten and
falling apart. In 1990, when two women inventoried the cemetery
for Walsh County, all they found was one wooden flagpole, one
wooden cross, and Peter Dieter's headstone. They could not find
the Nelson children's headstones. They had to wade through the
prarie grass and lilac bushes just to find out if there is any
more burials. When I visited the cemetery on February 18 2002, I
found only Peter Dieter's headstone. There is so much dead prairie
grass, mud, dirt and ice, it was impossible to go in to locate any
more headstones. I will go back in the Spring to look some more.
headstones.
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name: Anne Braun
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Date: February 26 2002
