About Shaws Flat Cemetery
Shaws Flat Cemetery is a cemetery near Sonora, Tuolumne County, California. It lies about 1.8 mi southeast of Sonora. The grounds sit at about 2,152 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Thomas Gilman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1809380. The nearest other listed cemetery is Springfield Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Terzich & Wilson Funeral Home in Sonora, about 1.8 mi away. It is one of 30 cemeteries we list in Tuolumne County, and 29 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sonora. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Shaws Flat Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader.
- Thomas Gilman1830-1911American miner, businessperson
People whose Wikidata entry gives Shaws Flat Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
38.00603, -120.40075
What Shaws Flat Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Springfield CemeteryColumbia, CACemetery1.4 mi
- Sonora City CemeterySonora, CAMunicipal cemetery1.7 mi
- Sonora Hebrew CemeterySonora, CAJewish cemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Anne's Catholic CemeteryColumbia, CACatholic cemetery1.7 mi
- Mountain View CemeterySonora, CACemetery2.0 mi
- Mountain Shadow CemeterySonora, CACemetery2.1 mi
- Sonora IOOF CemeterySonora, CACemetery2.2 mi
- Sonora Masonic CemeterySonora, CACemetery2.2 mi
- Columbia Odd Fellows CemeteryColumbia, CACemetery2.3 mi
- Columbia Masonic CemeteryColumbia, CACemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Shaws Flat Cemetery
- Terzich & Wilson Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Sonora · (209) 532-3131
- Diebold Funeral Holdings8.9 miFuneral home · Angels Camp · (209) 736-4552
- San Andreas Memorial Chapel20 miFuneral chapel · San Andreas · (209) 754-3361
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