Guadalupe Cemetery
Also known as New Almaden Hilltop Cemetery , Old Mexican Cemetery , Spanishtown Cemetery
New Almaden, Santa Clara County, California, USA
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Guadalupe Cemetery was one of two burial grounds (the other was Hidalgo Cemetery) that served the residents of Spanishtown, a settlement of Mexican and Chilean miners who worked at the New Almaden quicksilver mines. Guadalupe Cemetery was located at the top of a knoll northeast of Spanishtown. It is identified as the "Old Mexican Cemetery" on USGS and Google maps. In 1937, the Daughters of the American Revolution surveyed the cemetery and transcribed the surviving headstones under the name "New Almaden Hilltop Cemetery." The cemetery fell into disrepair after Spanishtown was abandoned in the 20th century, and there is no longer any trace of the headstones or the white picket fence that once marked the burial ground.
The area is within Almaden Quicksilver County Park. The Guadalupe Cemetery hill can be seen from the Hidalgo Cemetery Trail beyond the sign that marks the location of Spanishtown.
Guadalupe Cemetery was one of two burial grounds (the other was Hidalgo Cemetery) that served the residents of Spanishtown, a settlement of Mexican and Chilean miners who worked at the New Almaden quicksilver mines. Guadalupe Cemetery was located at the top of a knoll northeast of Spanishtown. It is identified as the "Old Mexican Cemetery" on USGS and Google maps. In 1937, the Daughters of the American Revolution surveyed the cemetery and transcribed the surviving headstones under the name "New Almaden Hilltop Cemetery." The cemetery fell into disrepair after Spanishtown was abandoned in the 20th century, and there is no longer any trace of the headstones or the white picket fence that once marked the burial ground.
The area is within Almaden Quicksilver County Park. The Guadalupe Cemetery hill can be seen from the Hidalgo Cemetery Trail beyond the sign that marks the location of Spanishtown.
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- Added: 14 Mar 2013
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2488514
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