The Dublin Pioneer Cemetery is located in Dublin, Alameda County, California. It contains the remains of many of the pioneer settlers who arrived in the area with the 1849

California Gold Rush The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California fro ...

. The cemetery was established in 1859 behind

Old St. Raymond's Church Old St. Raymond Church is a historic church in Dublin, California. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 12, 2006. The oldest extant Catholic church in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, it was built ...

. Tom Donlon fell to his death while he was working on the construction of the church, and was the first person interred after its formal dedication. There is an earlier headstone dated 1852. In 1964 the cemetery was taken over by the Dublin Cemetery, Inc. Sometime after 1990, it was acquired by the City of Dublin. As of 2006, it contained 426 graves, and it remains an active cemetery.

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External links

Pioneer Cemetery at the City of Dublin website
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