Shaws Flat Cemetery

Shaws Flat Cemetery is a cemetery in Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California. Shaws Flat Cemetery is situated nearby to the hamlet Springfield, as well as near Martinez.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Columbia Airport and St. James’ Episcopal Church.

Columbia Airport

Aerodrome

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Columbia Airport is located a mile southwest of Columbia, in Tuolumne County, California, United States. It is owned by the County of Tuolumne. Columbia Airport is situated 2 miles northwest of Shaws Flat Cemetery.

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 1½ miles southeast of Shaws Flat Cemetery.

Jewish Cemetery

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. Jewish Cemetery is situated 1½ miles southeast of Shaws Flat Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Springfield and Martinez.

Springfield

Hamlet

Springfield is an unincorporated community located in Tuolumne County, California. It is a former California Gold Rush boomtown in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and is now designated as a California Historical Landmark.

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 1½ miles northeast of Shaws Flat Cemetery.

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.

Shaws Flat Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in Tuolumne County, California, United States
Category: burial
Location: Tuolumne County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.00604° or 38° 0′ 22″ north

Longitude

-120.40104° or 120° 24′ 4″ west

Elevation

2,123 feet (647 metres)

Open location code

84CX2H4X+CH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 44581527

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

5394991

Wikidata ID

Q117680625

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