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Nevada City Pioneer Jewish Cemetery: Inactive since late 1890s.

https://www.jweekly.com/1996/06/07/gold-country-jews-battling-preservationists-over-cemetary/  "Gold Country Jews battling preservationists over cemetery" [sic], Article in Jewish Bulletin of Northern California, ©1995, San Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc.

  • Jewish Cemetery: The entrance is near where Lower Grass Valley Rd becomes Searls Avenue (toward Nevada City) and not far from Walrath Avenue Park. Follow path to Jewish Cemetery. Judah Magnes Museum has more information . Located at the end of Walrath Ave on former Lew Wanamaker property, the site has 30 burials from the 1850's.
  • Jewish Cemetery: #01059 in Cemeteries of the US by Deborah M. Burek, ed. Gale Research Int., Detroit MI (1994) ISBN 0-8103-9245-3. Source: Al Rosenfield