Gresham Pioneer Cemetery, founded in 1859, lies on the east side of Southwest Walters Road in
Gresham, Oregon
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,
United States
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. The
cemetery
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is bordered by the
Springwater Corridor
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Trail and
Johnson Creek on the south and by
Escobar Cemetery, adjacent on the west and not clearly separated from Gresham Pioneer Cemetery.
White Birch Cemetery, founded in 1888, lies on the west side of Southwest Walters Road across from the other two cemeteries. All are one block west of Gresham's
Main City Park and about a half-block south of Southeast Powell Boulevard.
The Gresham Pioneer Cemetery is owned and maintained by
Metro
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, the regional government for the Oregon part of the
Portland metropolitan area
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.
Miyo Iwakoshi, thought to be the first Japanese person to live in Oregon, is buried here. Metro provides a downloadable map of the cemetery, although names are not listed.
The three cemeteries are among the 14 pioneer cemeteries in
Multnomah County, Oregon
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, that are managed by Metro. The others are
Brainard Cemetery, Columbia Pioneer Cemetery, Douglass Cemetery,
Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Jones Cemetery,
Lone Fir Cemetery
Lone Fir Cemetery in the southeast section of Portland, Oregon, United States is a cemetery owned and maintained by Metro, a regional government entity. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the first burial was in 1846 with the ceme ...
, Mountain View Corbett Cemetery, Mountain View Stark Cemetery,
Multnomah Park Cemetery, Pleasant Home Cemetery, and Powell Grove Cemetery.
See also
*
Escobar Cemetery
References
External links
Map of Gresham Pioneer Cemetery and Escobar Cemetery* {{Find a Grave cemetery
1859 establishments in Oregon
Cemeteries in Oregon
History of Gresham, Oregon
Metro (Oregon regional government)
Protected areas of Multnomah County, Oregon