Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery

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Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery

Gravestones at the cemetery.
Cemetery Details
Year established: 1870
Country: United States
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Coordinates: 45°31′14″N 123°00′22″W / 45.52056, -123.00611Coordinates: 45°31′14″N 123°00′22″W / 45.52056, -123.00611
Type: Public
Owned by: City of Hillsboro

The Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery is located in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Located on the west end of the town along Tualatin Valley Highway and adjacent to Dairy Creek, the cemetery comprises three formerly private cemeteries. In 1973 the city of Hillsboro gained title to what is the oldest cemetery in Washington County.[1]

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[edit] History

The land the cemetery is situated on what was previously part of the David Hill land claim.[2] In 1870, the Masonic Order established a cemetery on the current site.[1] Later the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) began a cemetery adjacent to the Mason’s cemetery to the west.[3] Around 1915 another section owned by IOOF was added west of the Mason’s section.[3] Then on August 7, 1973, the city of Hillsboro received the deeds to the cemeteries and took over maintenance and operations.[3]

In 1995 vandals damaged 155 grave sites, causing over $75,000 in damage.[4]

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Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery is an irreducible fund cemetery organized under Oregon Revised Statutes 65.860 where all funds received go into a fund that is not reduced and only interest is used for maintenance.[5][6] Hillsboro’s city recorder manages all records of the facility.[7] The Hillsboro Historical Society holds an annual event at the cemetery that includes re-enactments by actors demonstrating the lives of some of those buried at the cemetery.[8]

[edit] Notable burials

Tongue family obelisk at the cemetery.
Tongue family obelisk at the cemetery.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery Inscriptions. Cemeteries. Retrieved on February 29, 2008.
  2. ^ Byrd, Dean H., Stanley R. Clarke, and Janice M. Healy. 2001. Oregon Burial Site Guide. Portland, Or: Binford & Mort Pub.
  3. ^ a b c Historic names mark old gravestones. Hillsboro Argus, October 19, 1976.
  4. ^ Danks, Holly. "Vandals wreck Hillsboro graves", The Oregonian, August 17, 1995. 
  5. ^ Irreducible Fund Cemeteries. Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities. Retrieved on February 29, 2008.
  6. ^ List of IR Cemeteries. Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities. Retrieved on February 29, 2008.
  7. ^ City Recorder. City of Hillsboro. Retrieved on February 29, 2008.
  8. ^ Homepage. Hillsboro Historical Society. Retrieved on June 19, 2007.
  9. ^ Hillsboro Pioneer Cemetery Inscriptions, S - T. Cemeteries. Retrieved on February 29, 2008.

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