Jurisdiction:  Bainbridge Township Section 10

 

Location:  Northeast corner of Bainbridge Center and North Branch Roads, 1 mile west of M-140  

 

Status:  BCGS Cemetery Records updated  October 24, 2011.

 

Cemetery Governing Body:  Bainbridge Township

 

Location of Cemetery Records:  Some are at the St. Paul’s U.C.C. Church

 

Size:  Approximately 1 acre   

 

New Hope Cemetery, also known as Zion Evangelical United Brethren Cemetery, was associated with the New Hope United Methodist Church until the church building burned down in 1983.   On November 19, 1983, the cemetery was sold to Bainbridge Township for the sum of $1.00. 

The Evangelical Ecclesiastical Church was established in 1856 and it was later called the Zion Evangelical Church.  This denomination merged with the United Brethren Church in 1950 and in 1968 the United Brethren merged with the Methodist denomination.  The last church building, a beautiful red brick structure, was built in 1886.  The first church building, built in 1859, was located one half mile north of this location. 

 

 Written By Marge (Hess) Yetzke