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| Name | County Cemetery | |
| also called | China Cemetery. Other names: Soldiers and Sailors Cemetery, Sailors Cemetery | |
| Location | Physical location |
Port Townsend on 25th Street, 1 block W of Discovery Road, behind (west of) Redmen Cemetery overgrown, not maintained |
| Legal description |
S3 T30 R1W TX 8 - CHINA CEMETERY | |
| Latitude & Longitude |
Lat 48° 07' 04" N Long 122° 47' 06" W |
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| Driving instructions |
From the Jefferson County Courthouse in Port Townsend, go 0.3 miles NNW on Walker Street to the intersection of 19th and Walker Streets. Turn left on 19th Street, go 0.3 miles to San Juan Avenue. Turn right on San Juan Avenue, go 0.3 miles to the intersection of San Juan Avenue and 24th Street. Turn left on 24th Street, go 0.2 miles to Discovery Road. Turn right on Discovery Road, go 0.1 miles to 25th Street. Turn left onto 25th Street, go 0.1 miles. County Cemetery is on both sides of your location on 25th Street. |
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| Cemetery records | ||
| Documentation | Held by | Jefferson County Genealogical Society |
| Title | Jefferson County Cemetery | |
| Publication type & date |
index, 1985 | |
| Physical data | size | 4.14 acres |
| burial plots | unknown | |
| Chronology | established about 1893, last known use 1945 | |
| History | ||
| Notes | overgrown, not maintained A sketch prepared by J. B. Hogg, County Surveyor, dated December 1899, shows both general burial areas and assigned gravesite areas with existing graves for British Seamen, the Chinese, the Coast Seaman's Union, the Fireman's Union, the I.O.G.T., the I.O.O.F., and the Knights of Pythias. |
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