Herbertville is a small settlement on the eastern coast of the North Island, in the Tararua/Manawatu District, 143km south of Napier

The township was founded in 1878 in honour of Charles (1844-1917) & Ellen Mary Ann Louisa Herbert (nee Hales) (1854-1927), and his brothers, early settlers who gave the land for the local school and post office.

Herbertville is 92km east of Woodville via Dannevirke (66km), then on Weber Rd down through Tipapakuku, Kaitoki, Mangatoro
(an interesting story on early Mangatoro), Motea, Waipatiki, Weber, Ti Tree Point and then Wimbledon (9km from Herbertville)

At the turn of the century Herberville was a thriving community. It had a large hotel and several shops, a police station and a blacksmiths.

There are 47 burials in the Herbertville Cemetery

This is a list of those buried at the HERBERTVILLE CEMETERY with the death year

ARMSTRONG - Eva - 1900
ARMSTRONG - Phillis Sarah - 1894

BARKER - John - 1895

BOYD - William Edmund - 1891

BRADLEY - Dorothy Mary - 1920

BREAKWELL - Robert Arthur - 1894

BUCKINGHAM - LYDIA - 1935

COOK - ROBERT - 1890

CURTIS - John - 1890

DRISCOLL - Florence Timothy - 1889

ELLIS - William Maitland - 1893

EXELL - Mary Ann - 1912

FISHER - John Martin - 1914

FRANKLIN - Annie Isabella - 1888

HALES - Arthur Reginald - 1901

HERBERT - Herald James - 1886
HERBERT - John - 1901
HERBERT - Joseph - 1889
HERBERT - Kate - 1901
HERBERT - Percy Jesse - 1902
HERBERT - Sarah (nee Woods) - 1876
HERBERT - Thomas Woods - 1901
HERBERT - unnamed baby boy - 1894

HEWALD - unnamed baby girl - 1908

IRELAND - William Lister - 1890

IRVINE - James - 1902

LOVEJOY - Arthur Siqurd - 1906

MARTIN - William - 1892

McINTYRE - Duncan Campbell - 1888

McKAIN - Kathleen - 1903

MITCHELL - William - 1893

MORGANS - Richard - 1892

NICOLS - Charles - 1890

NILSON - Olaf - 1890

PASCOE - Gertrude - 1892

PROFFITT - Mary Jane - 1901
PROFFITT - unnamed baby boy - 1902

SITEMAN - Julia Alice - 1940
SITEMAN - Melissa Louisa (nee Eisan) - 1906
SITEMAN - Thomas Alonzo - unknown

TURNER - Eileen Maud - 1897

WATSON - James - 1888

WHITE - Taylor - 1914

WHITEHEAD - Alfred - 1917

WYLIE - Herbert Arthur - 1886