About Pioneer Cemetery
Pioneer Cemetery is a cemetery near Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon. The grounds sit at about 322 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Robert Shortess. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1129893. The nearest other listed cemetery is Riverview Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Services in Astoria, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 13 cemeteries we list in Clatsop County, and 7 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 13 listings in Clatsop County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Astoria. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Pioneer Cemetery
- Robert Shortess1797-1878Oregon pioneer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Pioneer 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
46.18164, -123.82717
What Pioneer 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
- Riverview CemeteryAstoria, ORCemetery0.3 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryAstoria, ORCemetery3.3 mi
- Lewis and Clark CemeteryWarrenton, ORCemetery4.9 mi
- Ocean View CemeteryWarrenton, ORCemetery5.6 mi
- Clatsop Plains CemeteryWarrenton, ORCemetery6.4 mi
- Fort Stevens National CemeteryWarrenton, ORNational cemetery6.5 mi
- Svensen Pioneer CemeteryAstoria, ORCemetery8.7 mi
- Prairie CemeteryAstoria, ORCemetery12 mi
- Peaceful Hill CemeteryLong Beach, WACemetery13 mi
- Maplewood CemeteryAstoria, ORCemetery13 mi
Funeral homes near Pioneer Cemetery
- Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Services0.4 miCremation provider · Astoria · (503) 338-7200
- Caldwell-Murphy Mortuary0.4 miMortuary · Astoria · (503) 325-1811
- Hughes Ransom Funeral Home and Cremation Services0.4 miFuneral home · Astoria · (503) 325-2535
- Vancouver Granite Works - Astoria1.4 miMonument dealer · Astoria · (503) 791-5674
- Hughes-Ransom Funeral Home and Cremation Services14 miFuneral home · Seaside · (503) 738-6622
- Caldwell's Funeral & Cremation Arrangement Center14 miCremation provider · Seaside · (503) 738-9936
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