Jewish Cemetery
The Sonora Hebrew Cemetery, also known as Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, is an inactive Jewish cemetery founded in c. 1851, and located in Sonora, California. This was the first Jewish cemetery in the Gold Rush region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: Cemetery in Tuolumne County, California
- Also known as: “Hebrew Cemetery of Sonora”, “Jewish Cemetery (Sonora, California)”, “Pioneer Jewish Cemetery”, and “Sonora Hebrew Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. James Episcopal Church and Sonora Union High School.
St. James Episcopal Church
Church
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St. James' Episcopal Church, also known as The Red Church, is an historic Episcopal church building, formerly Anglican, located at 42 Snell Street, in Sonora, California. St. James Episcopal Church is situated 1,300 feet north of Jewish Cemetery.
Sonora Union High School
School
Sonora Union High School, also known as Sonora High School, is a public high school in Sonora, California. It is a part of and the largest school in the Sonora Union High School District. Sonora Union High School is situated 2,300 feet north of Jewish Cemetery.
Adventist Health Sonora
Hospital
Adventist Health is a Seventh-day Adventist nonprofit organization headquartered in Roseville, California, that operates facilities in 3 states across the Western United States. Adventist Health Sonora is situated 1 mile southeast of Jewish Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sonora and Martinez.
Sonora
Photo: Vayne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sonora is a city of 4,900 people in Tuolumne County in California's Gold Country. As the closest city to Yosemite National Park, Sonora provides services to some of Yosemite's visitors.
Martinez
Hamlet
Martinez was a mining settlement during the California Gold Rush in Tuolumne County, California. It became a ghost town, but now is a populated place at an elevation of 2,182 feet, north of Sawmill Flat another former gold rush settlement. Martinez is situated 2½ miles north of Jewish Cemetery.
Jamestown
Jamestown is an unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States. Formerly a California Gold Rush town, Jamestown was designated a California Historical Landmark on March 16, 1949.
Jewish Cemetery
- Categories: Jewish cemetery and burial
- Location: Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.98408° or 37° 59′ 3″ northLongitude
-120.38651° or 120° 23′ 11″ westElevation
1,795 feet (547 metres)Open location code
849XXJM7+J9OpenStreetMap ID
way 459869998OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
5360736Wikidata ID
Q114650791
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