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| Name | Fort Worden Cemetery | |
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| Location | Physical location |
Adjacent to the southwest corner of Fort Worden State Park, approximately 1.5 miles due north of the Port Townsend business district. At the corner of W and Spruce Streets |
| Legal description |
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| Latitude & Longitude |
Lat 48° 08' 00" N Long 122° 46' 24" W |
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| Driving instructions |
From the Jefferson County Courthouse in Port Townsend, go 0.5 miles NNW on Walker Street to where it angles right and becomes Cherry Street. Continue 1.0 miles on Cherry Street to the intersection of Cherry and W Streets. (The main gate of Fort Worden is directly ahead of you.) Turn left and go 0.2 miles on W Street. Fort Worden Military Cemetery is on your right. |
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| Cemetery records | Mr. Rolf Evans, located at Fort Lewis, WA is the current Mortuary Officer in charge of the site. [note added 21 January 2000] | |
| Documentation [2000] | Held by | Darilee Bednar |
| Title | Fort Worden Cemetery Marker inscriptions | |
| Publication type & date |
web page, 2000 | |
| Documentation [1999] | Held by | Robert and Ruth Crouch |
| Title | Fort Worden Cemetery Index | |
| Publication type & date |
web pages, 1999 | |
| Documentation [1984] | Held by | Jefferson County Genealogy Society |
| Title | Fort Worden Cemetery | |
| Publication type & date |
printed index, 1984 | |
| Physical data | size | |
| burial plots | 360 | |
| Chronology | first recorded burial: Pvt Elisha Webb who passed away on 2 June 1902. | |
| History | ||
| Notes | Military Post Cemetery -- not a permanent cemetery. Unlike a National Cemetery, a Military Post Cemetery can be moved. | |