Walville Japanese Cemetery
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Walville Japanese Cemetery

Pacific County, Washington, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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  • Walville Creek Road
    null, Washington 98572 United States

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NO ONE ELSE is buried in this tiny baby cemetery. Located at section 1, T12N,R6W lots 7&8, 30 ft sq, north of HWY 6 on Walville Creek RD. cemetery located on Pacific county side of Lewis county line. Walville was a mill town, early 1900s, the mill burned in 1930, town no longer there, there were 74 Japanese men worked the night shift, plus their families. the Japanese cemetery is lovingly maintained, for many years by Betty Bircholl. Pacific County records have 10 burials there. there are 9 small crosses with engraved metal name plates. the cemetery at one time had a white pickett fence, replaced by cedar rail fence. there is no one else buried in this tiny baby cemetery. the other ethnic groups each had their own plots, which have long been covered by the forest. whites were buried in PeEll or Menlo.
NO ONE ELSE is buried in this tiny baby cemetery. Located at section 1, T12N,R6W lots 7&8, 30 ft sq, north of HWY 6 on Walville Creek RD. cemetery located on Pacific county side of Lewis county line. Walville was a mill town, early 1900s, the mill burned in 1930, town no longer there, there were 74 Japanese men worked the night shift, plus their families. the Japanese cemetery is lovingly maintained, for many years by Betty Bircholl. Pacific County records have 10 burials there. there are 9 small crosses with engraved metal name plates. the cemetery at one time had a white pickett fence, replaced by cedar rail fence. there is no one else buried in this tiny baby cemetery. the other ethnic groups each had their own plots, which have long been covered by the forest. whites were buried in PeEll or Menlo.

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  • Added: 21 Oct 2015
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2593774