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Morris Hill Cemetery
Boise, Ada County, Idaho

Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID

GPS: 43.608693, -116.230980

317 N Latah St
Boise, ID 83702

Published: December 24, 2019
Total records: 32,886

Morris Hill Cemetery is owned and operated by the City of Boise, ID.

Cemetery History

Morris Hill Cemetery is one of the oldest and most well-known cemeteries in the Treasure Valley. The cemetery began in January of 1882, when Mayor James Pinney spent $2,000 of city funds to purchase the eighty acres on the bench from William H. Ridenbaugh and Mrs. Lavinia I. Morris (a widow). Although he was heavily criticized for purchasing the land, the City of Boise took over operation on March 1, 1882.

Some of the causes of death inthe city's first burial records, beginning in 1882, included a snow slide, gunshot, murder, dropsy, consumption, poison, falling tree, falling rock, rickets gathering in the head, Bright's disease, La Grippe, and steel car accident.

Since the original maps were platted in 1882, creating thousands of available lots, more sections have been added over the years, establishing thousands more. The cemetery currently consists of 60 developed (platted) acres, with 53 sections and a mausoleum.

Cemetery Records

Records linked below were acquired from the City of Boise in electronic database format on December 24, 2019. Dates of death in these records range from 1862 to 2019.

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Downloadable Files

• Morris Hill Cemetery Walking Tour Map, (123 KB)