Established in 1852, it was previously the site of approximately 138 prehistoric effigies and burial mounds.

Mound Cemetery now contains over 2,600 burials, including many of the most prominent citizens from the history of Racine.

[3] The site of Mound Cemetery was first purchased in 1834 by Joseph Antoine Ouilmette, a fur trader believed to have been of French and Native American ancestry.

[2] Mound Cemetery was officially dedicated on June 3, 1852, with the land originally divided into 1,768 burial plots.

[2] A 1985 act of the Wisconsin Legislature set new requirements for the treatment of all human remains in such sites, regardless of cultural or ethnic origin, and established that sites were not to be disturbed without a permit from the Wisconsin Historical Society.