Brookside Cemetery is an historic 3.41-acre cemetery in Dayton, Oregon, United States. Joel Palmer set aside land for the cemetery in the 1850s; he deeded the site to the Dayton School District in 1874. 479 people are known to have been buried there between July 1864 and June 1987; there are presently no vacant plots.[1] The cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Brookside Cemetery | |
 The cemetery in 2012 | |
  Location in Dayton, Oregon | |
| Coordinates | 45°13′06″N 123°04′24″W / 45.2184456°N 123.0733796°W |
|---|---|
| MPS | Brookside Cemetery |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000332 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Brookside Cemetery". City of Dayton, Oregon. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ "Dayton Historic Resource Inventory: Brookside Cemetery". National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
External links edit
Media related to Brookside Cemetery (Dayton, Oregon) at Wikimedia Commons- Brookside Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brookside Cemetery
