About Pioneer Cemetery
Pioneer Cemetery is a cemetery near Salem, Marion County, Oregon. It lies about 1.7 mi north of Salem. The grounds sit at about 322 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 28 notable people buried here, including Frederick Schwatka, Stephen F. Chadwick and Hancock Lee Jackson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1163205. The nearest other listed cemetery is City View Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is City View Funeral Home and Cemetery in Salem, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 72 cemeteries we list in Marion County, and 24 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 72 listings in Marion County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Salem. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Pioneer Cemetery
Among them: 4 writers, 2 governors, 2 Mexican-American War veterans, 2 physicians, 2 US representatives, 1 artist, 1 journalist, 1 scientist.
- Frederick Schwatka1849-1892American explorer and author
- Stephen F. Chadwick1825-1895American politician
- Hancock Lee Jackson1796-1876American politician
- John P. Gaines1795-1857American politician
- Samuel Thurston1815-1851American pioneer
- Chloe Clark Willson1818-1871American pioneer
- John Minto IV1822-1915American politician, poet and pioneer
- George K. Shiel1825-1893American politician
- William H. Willson1805-1856American politician
- Asahel Bush1824-1913American businessman
- Augustus C. Kinney1845-1908American physician
- Charles H. Bennett1811-1855American pioneer
Show all 28 notable burials
- John Hugh McNary1867-1936American judge
- Robert Crouch Kinney1813-1875American politician
- Tabitha Moffatt Brown1780-1858American pioneer and university founder
- Alonzo Gesner1842-1912American politician
- Isaac R. Moores, Jr.1831-1884American politician
- John H. Moores1821-1880American politician
- John McCourt1874-1924American politician
- Samuel Asahel Clarke1827-1909Historian, journalist, poet; Oregon correspondent for the Sacramento Union.
- Clara Humason Waldo1858-193323 May 1858 - 13 Feb 1933
- David Leslie1797-1869American politician
- Edwin N. Cooke1810-1879
- Claudius Thayer1854-1923American poet
- David Watson Craig1829-1916Journalist from Oregon
- Edwin Cooke Patton1869-1929American photographer, postcard publisher, and business owner
- Estelle Bush1856-1942
- Early Oregonian
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
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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
- City View CemeterySalem, ORCemetery0.2 mi
- Saint Barbara CemeterySalem, ORCemetery0.6 mi
- Belcrest Memorial ParkSalem, ORMemorial park1.7 mi
- Lee Mission CemeterySalem, ORCemetery2.4 mi
- Jory CemeterySalem, ORChristian cemetery4.9 mi
- Rosedale Friends CemeterySalem, ORCemetery4.9 mi
- Hayesville CemeteryHayesville, ORCemetery4.9 mi
- Boys CemeteryTurner, ORCemetery5.1 mi
- Restlawn Memory Gardens CemeterySalem, ORCemetery5.1 mi
- Herren CemeteryTurner, ORCemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Pioneer Cemetery
- City View Funeral Home and Cemetery0.2 miFuneral home · Salem · (503) 363-8652
- City View Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Salem · (971) 374-5019
- Howell, Edwards, Doerksen With Rigdon-ransom Funeral Directors0.6 miFuneral home · Salem · (503) 581-3911
- Johnson Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Salem · (503) 990-6936
- Virgil T Golden Funeral Service1.1 miFuneral home · Salem · (503) 364-2257
- Crown Cremation Services3.1 miCremation provider · Salem · (503) 345-7559
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.