Hazelton Cemetery
The Hazelton Cemetery was organized near the same time the city of Hazelton was
platted, about 1884. It is located NENE 15-34-10. The cemetery was originally
organized by Hazelton and Cedar Townships, and was tax-supported. Blaine Township
in Harper County was later brought into the association. This cemetery, known
also as Rose Hill Cemetery, has the distinction of being laid out in the form
of a wagon wheel. A circular drive forms the rim of the wheel; the spokes are
formed by drives leading to the center or hub of the wheel. Burials within this
pattern are adjusted to the angles of the wheel; those out- side the wheel are
in the traditional east-west pattern. About 1935-36, a dozen or more graves were
moved from the Corwin Cemetery, located northeast of Corwin on the Leo Otis Shroyer
farm, into Hazelton Cemetery. Old stones indicate burials were first made in Hazelton
Cemetery in 1884.
(Information from pages 28-29 of Chosen
Land - A History of Barber County, Kansas ©1980)
© 2002 Ed Rucker for KSGen Web Project
