Switzerville Cemetery is located at 1911 Switzerville Road.  Historically, many local sites were used for pioneer burials, and the earliest recorded date indicating that Switzerville was a cemetery is in the land deed when members of an Episcopalian Methodist Chapel purchased land to erect a Chapel.  One of the earliest dates found is on the Madden headstone with two burials in 1817.  Wooden markers or fieldstones were used to mark graves as there were few stone carvers and the cost of purchasing formal headstones was beyond most pioneer farmers' means.  Several pre-1842 headstones have survived and are noted as being fine examples by reasearchers documenting early pioneer cemeteries.  The headstone of John Grange, erected by his sons, and dated 1835 has been recognized as outstanding.  There are recorded about 125 graves that have markers but as with many pioneer cemeteries there are many unmarked graves as well.

The name, Switzerville, originated from an early settler, Christopher Switzer, who along with his family settled in the area and was a "palatine" Methodist.  Many Methodists were from upper New York State and migrated to Upper Canada in the 1790s in large numbers.  The names of these pioneer families may still be found in the area; Switzer, Embury, Detlor, Miller, Huffman, Heck, Dulmage, Bininger, Sparling, Lawrence, Carscellen, Shorey, Madden, Empey, and Neville.

On October 2, 1828, forty eight of the most important Episcopalian preachers along with othe Methodists met at the Switzerville Chapel to formally declare an independent Canadian Methodist Chapel.  native Canadians from Rice Lake attended the Chapel and erected their tents in the unused portions of the cemetery where they sang and showed off their crafts.  While the Chapel has gone, the cemetery remains as a reminder of where many pioneer Methodists settle, worshipped, lived and died.  A Cairn was erected in 1989, dedicated in 1990, to mark where the two Chapels had stood.