Collection: Mountain Home Cemetery - Kalamazoo
One of Kalamazoo’s oldest and most impressive cemeteries is Mountain Home Cemetery, located on the north side of West Main Street just west of Douglas Avenue. The trustees of Mountain Home Cemetery, including Isaac Moffat, Luther H. Trask, Nathaniel A. Balch, Epaphroditus Ransom, etc., were incorporated into an official entity in 1849. The grounds for the cemetery were purchased from Clark and Gilbert in 1850. The original parcel was 17 acres, roughly square, with two additions in subsequent years that brought the property to 28 acres in size. A small Jewish cemetery adjoins Mountain Home’s southwest corner. The land was surveyed, and the purchasers chose lots for their personal use before putting the rest up for sale to the general public for the fee of twenty dollars.