Moffitts Grove Cemetery
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Moffitts Grove Cemetery
Victory Township, Guthrie County, Iowa
Located West of Yale, Iowa
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Entrance to Moffitts Grove Cemetery.
Picture taken in 1996 by Carolyn J. Burns.
About 1856 a stage road was established from Des Moines to Sioux City, Iowa across the northeast part of Guthrie County. A stagecoach station was located at Moffitt's Grove where horses were changed, and meals were available. A post office was operated there from 1853 until 1883, this site being a short distance south of the cemetery. The only remaining symbol of this community is Moffitts Grove Cemetery.
Information taken from "Past & Present of Guthrie County, Iowa," which was published in 1907:
Moffitts Grove Cemetery was established in 1880. The land on which it consists was donated for the purpose. R.T. and Lydia A. Chambers deeded one acre...Thomas Moffitt, likewise, deeded one acre adjoining Chambers' land. In June of 1882, J. D. Lonsdale surveyed the land and designated lots. The first burial in the cemetery occurred many years before its initiation--Henry Moffitt was interred there in 1858.
Tombstone Readings for the Bell and Reynolds surnames that include the only legible information:
