German families began moving into this area in the middle of the 19th century, establishing the community of Hunter in 1880. The York Creek Cemetery was established in 1882 when Ernst Gruene Jr. sold a one-acre parcel to the first trustees: D.G. Posey, Frank Tate and Charles Crawford. Twenty-two years later, William Simon Sr. sold an additional adjacent acre, thus doubling the size of the cemetery. In 1904, the York Creek Cemetery Association was formed. When Lizzie Crawford died in 1945, she left a donation which allowed trustees to add needed infrastructure, including rock posts and a concrete wall, to stabilize the land. The sign over the entrance was donated in 1961 in memory of Albert Charles Soechting. (HTC 2020)