Placerville Pioneer Jewish Cemetery

Placerville Pioneer Jewish Cemetery
Details
Established	1854 (1854)
Closed	1968 (1968)
Location	Placerville, El Dorado County, California
Country	United States
Coordinates	38°43′48″N120°48′33″W / 38.72995°N 120.80920°W / 38.72995; -120.80920
Type	Jewish
Owned by	Placerville Hebrew Benevolent Society, Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West
No. of graves	22–26
Find a Grave	Placerville Pioneer Jewish Cemetery

Placerville Pioneer Jewish Cemetery is a no longer active Jewish cemetery founded in 1854 by the Placerville Hebrew Benevolent Society, and is located in Placerville, California. ^[1] The last burial happened in 1968. ^[2] It is a private site operated by the Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West and is not open to the public. ^[2]

Related cemeteries

Other 19th-century Jewish cemeteries in Northern California are located at:

• Nevada City Jewish Cemetery, Nevada City, Nevada County; ^[1]
• Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Jackson, Almador County; ^[1]
• Sonora Hebrew Cemetery, Sonora, Tuolumne County; ^[1]
• Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery (or Shaar Zedek), Grass Valley, Nevada County; ^[1]
• Marysville Hebrew Cemetery, Marysville, Yuba County; ^[1]
• Mokelumne Hill Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County; ^[1]
• Jewish Cemetery, Shasta, Shasta County ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Birth of a Community: Jews and the Gold Rush (1994 film)
• Hebrew Cemetery
• List of cemeteries in California
• Judah L. Magnes Museum

References

1. Levinson, Robert E. (1994). The Jews in the California Gold Rush. Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks, Judah L. Magnes Museum. ISBN   9780943376622.
2. "Placerville". Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West. Archived from the original on 2023-11-25. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
3. Rensch, Hero Eugene; Rensch, Ethel Grace; Hoover, Mildred Brooke (1966). Abeloe, William N. (ed.). Historical Spots in California (3rd ed.). Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 487. ISBN   9780804700795. Archived from the original on 2024-03-02. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
4. Friedmann, Jonathan L. (2020). Jewish Gold Country. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 22–23, 55. ISBN   9781439669426. Archived from the original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2023-09-13.