After over 120 years of the Town of Frisco operating the Frisco Cemetery, the last available plot has been sold. In late April, the Town of Frisco made the determination that the Frisco Cemetery has no more plots available for sale. The Town of Frisco is able to buy back any unused plots from those families and individuals whose burial plans have changed, which may result in the possibility of plots being available again in the future.
The Frisco Cemetery is owned and administered by the Town of Frisco with Frisco’s Town Clerk and Public Works Department working together to manage all aspects of the Frisco Cemetery. The cemetery is located at 35 Marina Road in Frisco and has the hallmarks of many historic mountain town cemeteries, including native plants and rugged conditions, which have often reflected the pioneering and resilient spirits of those interred there.
Frisco Cemetery History
The exact date when the Frisco Cemetery was established is uncertain; in the 1890s, John D. Hynderliter began allowing the Town of Frisco to use a section of land on his ranch at the then-outskirts of Frisco as a cemetery. Portions of the cemetery have been left in their natural state, while other sections are more manicured and maintained by the Town. The cemetery has twenty-seven blocks made up of different family lots; three of which are reserved for the Deming, Lund, and Thomas/Mogee families in the natural area. Many other prominent figures and families from Frisco’s early history remain in this cemetery.
It is surmised that most of the earliest and unmarked graves are where miners, prostitutes, and paupers were buried. In 1951, an uproar erupted in the town when newcomer Emil Slovak claimed that a half-acre of the cemetery was on his ranch. He then erected a barbed-wire fence on what he determined was his property line and threatened to dig up the graves on his side of the fence. After a legal battle with Frisco town officials, Slovak lost his case, and he eventually sold his ranch. Frisco Cemetery history is provided by the Frisco Historic Park and Museum staff.
More Information
For more information about the Frisco Cemetery or to have unused plots bought back by the Town, please email cemetery@townoffrisco.com or call 970-668-9122.
Summit County has two additional municipal cemeteries, Dillon Cemetery and Breckenridge’s Valley Brook Cemetery, which still have plots available.