The stone posts at the entrance of St. Patrick's are fairly new. For many years an iron gate stood at the entrance, but it was damaged and taken down.
The diocese purchased the land for St. Patrick's Cemetery on 31 January 1891 for $200. The cemetery is located in the southwest quarter of Section 7 in Elkhorn Township.
On 27 August 1891, the Lincoln Republican reported that the "Catholic cemetery south of the old town site" would be blessed by the very Rev. Father Maurer of Salina the following Monday, 31 August.
The earliest date of death of those buried in St. Patrick's is that of Mary Dillon, who died 8 August 1879 but because the cemetery was not established at that time, she must have been among those who were disinterred, some from family plots on farms, and moved to St. Patrick's at a later date.
The first burial after the blessing of the cemetery apparently was that of Mrs. John Swartzman, who died 19 December 1891. Her grave, however, is unmarked. There are fewer than 200 marked graves in St. Patrick's but many unmarked graves.