At this site, settlers from New England purchased land in 1817 for a burying ground and a meeting house in the center of Bath Township, part of the Connecticut Western Reserve, and the cemetery was established before the township was founded in 1818. A log meeting house built about 1818 served both Presbyterians and Congregationalists, and in 1839 a frame structure replaced it and served the community and the congregations until 1870, when the property was sold to Bath Township for construction of a township hall. Trustees replaced that hall with a new building in 1905, and it remained the seat of township government until 1980 while also serving groups such as the Grange and other community organizations. Though adapted through the 20th century, the hall was extensively renovated in 2000, converted into the Bath Township Museum in 2005 by the Bath Township Historical Society, and recognized in 1979 on the National Register of Historic Places as an example of early 20th century Georgian Revival architecture. Many of Bath Township's farming families and Bath business owners and operators are buried in the cemetery, and in a tradition begun by Civil War veteran Perry Alexander, the graves of all veterans are marked with an American flag on Memorial Day.