Mitchell Cemetery in Darby Township, Union County, Ohio

The oldest cemetery in present-day Union County, Ohio is the Mitchell Cemetery.  This cemetery has also been called the Robinson Cemetery, the Mitchell Farm Cemetery, and the Mitchell-Robinson Cemetery.  There are many pioneers from both the Mitchell and Robinson families buried in this cemetery.

The land that this cemetery occupies was donated to the area by the Mitchell Family.  This land had been used as an Indian Burial Ground prior to use by Union County pioneers in 1800.  The first burial was that of Samuel McCullough in the spring of 1800.  Other noted pioneers buried here include Jesse Mitchell, the first pioneer child born in the area now encompassed by Union County and Mary Hawn, the first pioneer female child born in the state of Ohio.

The Mitchell Cemetery is located near the Big Darby Creek on a gravel bank.  The cemetery is on the northeast corner of the State Route 38 and Burns Road intersection.  It is directly north of the St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery.