The Silver City Cemetery, is a historic
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
in the ghost town of
Silver City,
Utah
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, United States, that dates from the 1870s and is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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(NRHP).
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Description
The cemetery was deemed significant for its information potential and "as the only remaining evidence of Silver City, at one time (1870-1880s) the Tintic Mining District's center. Grave sites help to document the history of the peoples and cultures of the town."[ (Linked text is extract from full documen]
here
Silver City Cemetery covered at page 2 in appendix: Individual Sites in the Tintic Multi Resource District.) With .
It is located south of Eureka, Utah
Eureka is a city in Juab County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area. The population was 669 at the 2010 census, down from 766 in 2000.
The city was named from the Greek word ''eureka'', meaning "I have found ...
about east of U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to P ...
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It was listed on the NRHP March 14, 1979.[ The Sunbeam Mine and the Tintic Smelter Site, also legacies of Silver City, were also listed on the NRHP on the same day.
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See also
* List of cemeteries in Utah
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Juab County, Utah
References
External links
Cemeteries in Utah
National Register of Historic Places in Juab County, Utah
Buildings and structures completed in 1875
Cemeteries established in the 1870s
1875 establishments in Utah Territory
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