Click picture for larger view of Pisgah Cemetery's location in Pulaski County, Missouri
Pisgah Baptist Church, near Dixon, Missouri. A portion of the cemetery can be seen in the foreground of the picture. Photo by Pulaski Baptist Association Pisgah Cemetery is located in Pulaski County, MO., off D Highway, near Dixon, Missouri, at the intersection of Columbia Road (formerly County Road D-423) and Comet Road. It is southwest of the old railroad town of Frank’s Switch.
Pisgah Cemetery is believed to be one of the oldest cemeteries in Pulaski County. It is a church cemetery. Pisgah Baptist Church was established in 1834. There are over 1000 people buried here, and the church has kept records. The first name listed in the records is that of a child of the Wood family. One of the oldest dated tombstones is that of William Case who passed away 11 October, 1850, about 14 years old. The first name listed in the records is that of a child of the Wood family.
Pisgah Cemetery, believed to be one of the oldest cemeteries in Pulaski County. Photo by Pulaski County Obits, October 2, 2009 
An older tombstone in Pisgah Cemetery, dated 1854. Photo by Pulaski County Obits, October 2009 
A Woodman of the World tombstone erected in 1900 in Pisgah Cemetery. Photo by Pulaski County Obits, October 2009Latitude: 37.9469842
Longitude: -92.0662767
Township 37-Range 10-Section 07
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