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| Name | Greenwood Cemetery | |
| also called | Chimacum Cemetery | |
| Location | Physical location |
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| Legal description |
S14 T29 R1W TAX 2 W/PTN VAC RUSSELL AVE ADJ PLAT-GREENWOOD CEMETERY V2/P112 | |
| Latitude & Longitude |
Lat 48° 00' 35" N Long 122° 46' 01" W |
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| Driving instructions |
From the Chimacum Post Office, go east on State Highway 19 (Rhody Drive) 0.1 miles to the intersection of Highway 19, Chimacum Road, and Center Road. Continue straight ahead 0.1 mile east on State Highway 19 (Beaver Valley Road). The cemetery is on your right. | |
| Cemetery records | ||
| Documentation | Held by | Jefferson County Genealogical Society |
| Title | Chimacum Cemetery | |
| Publication type & date |
index, 1985 | |
| Physical data | size | 4.5 acres |
| burial plots | 800 | |
| Chronology | established 1892 | |
| History | "In 1892 Sanuel Hadlock, William H. Lee and Olaf Peterson each donated two hundred and fifty dollars towards a new cemetery at Chimacum, called Greenwood. Land for the cemetery was donated by William Eldridge." [William Matheson oral history] According to the original agreement, the land was purchased from William Eldridge, and he became a member of the non-profit corporation. There were burials prior to 1892, some by the church west of the cemetery, and at Hadlock at a place called "Dead Man's Gulch." These graves were moved to Greenwood Cemetery after its formation. | |
| Notes | ||
Thanks to JCGS member M. Samuelson who compiled the history.
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Revised: 10 September 2018
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