This just in — procrastination is really healthy. Which is why I’m bringing you Broderick Cemetery today. Now, despite its name, this cemetery turns out to be one of the most depressing we have ever been to.

Broderick Cemetery Sign

Broderick Cemetery is in Union County off State Route 245. We have driven past this cemetery on our way to Columbus a hundred times in the last ten years, but never gone to it. In October of last year, it became our first Union County cemetery, and it still remains the only. Oddly, all we do is drive through Union Co., although the Marysville city cemetery is on our list.

Stones in Broderick

Okay, so about Broderick! Well, according to Find-A-Grave, it boasts a stunning 88 interments, but according to our pictures, it boasts a . . . whopping amount of not being properly cared for. Now, perhaps it was the cold–Broderick was the last stop on our October 26th cemeterypalooza, and the temperature dropped very fast–and perhaps it was the fact that the sun was setting and all my pictures were coming out like I’d taken them at midnight during a new moon, but neither of us liked this cemetery, and we all got the distinct impression that it was depressing and unpleasant.

I wish I had more to say about it. It sits out in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by fields, but is directly off the state route, and it is easy to pull off and park. Sometimes the gate is open and sometimes it is not. A lot of the stones have toppled; and I would guess a number never had stones at all. Many have clearly been replaced or more recently provided; the cemetery is obviously no longer in use. As for the name, it’s anyone’s guess — as far as I can tell, nobody named Broderick is buried here.

Pretty much all I remember about this cemetery is being cold and depressed and feeling rather as though I didn’t want to be there, so we’ll put this one low on the list of cemeteries worth visiting. Maybe I’d feel differently during the summer, but . . . I don’t think so.