Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery

Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in . It was established in 1849 and has over 1,500 interred remains on its 5.74-acre grounds.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: military cemetery in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, United States
  • Also known as: “Fort Vancouver Military Cemetery” and “Vancouver Barracks Post Cemetery”
  • Address: 1455 East Fourth Plain Boulevard, Vancouver, WA 98663

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and Clark County Historical Museum.

Church
St. Luke's Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church of America located in . The parish is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia and traces its roots to the initial arrival of Anglican worshippers at Fort Vancouver in the Oregon Country in the 1830s; its first dedicated church building was consecrated in 1860. is situated 2,100 feet west of Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery.

Museum
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The , , is located in a 1909 Carnegie library and is operated by the Historical Society, established in 1917. is situated 3,900 feet southwest of Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery.

Library
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The is a library in , in the United States. Part of the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District, the 83,000-square-foot library is the second largest in the , second to the in . is situated 1 mile southwest of Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Officers Row and Vancouver.

Locality
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, a part of the Vancouver National Historic Reserve Historic District, is a congregation of 21 of the former homes of U.S. military officers stationed at the Vancouver Barracks in .

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is a city in , immediately north of the border with . The city was established around Fort , a fur trading outpost dating back to 1824, making this one of the oldest continuously-inhabited European communities in the Pacific Northwest.

Suburb
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 11,871 at the 2020 census. is situated 2 miles northeast of Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery.

Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery

Latitude
45.63978° or 45° 38′ 23″ north
Longitude
-122.65915° or 122° 39′ 33″ west
Elevation
200 feet (61 metres)
Open location code
84QVJ8QR+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 389305257
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
11385384
Wiki­data ID
Q117692951
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In Other Languages

“Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • “Fort Vancouver Military Cemetery”
  • “Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery”
  • “Vancouver Barracks Post Cemetery”

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