Forest Hill Union Cemetery

Miami County · 8660 OH 66, Piqua, OH, 45356 -- Just S of the main building at the entrance to Forest Hill Cemetery

Side A: On March 20, 1868, The Ohio General Assembly passed a revision to the Ohio Revised Code allowing for a municipality and a township to join together in purchasing land for a shared cemetery. On April 24, 1868, the Washington Township Trustees passed a resolution creating Forest Hill Union Cemetery. This cemetery was to be shared with the City of Piqua and became the first mutual cemetery between a municipality and a township in Ohio. Side B: Same

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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