Clatsop Plains Pioneer Cemetery in Warrenton, Oregon

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Get directions Warrenton, Oregon, USA

Coordinates: 46.12220, -123.92640
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Clatsop Plains Pioneer Cemetery was established in1850 on land donated by Robert Wilson and Irwin Morrison making it the oldest in the county and is the burial place for many early settlers. The land was donated with the condition that there be no charge for burials. The cemetery is no longer used for burials and is now maintained by the county.

It has been said that the cemetery was begun in 1850 when a human body washed up on the beach and when a young man was killed in a gunshot accident.

It is located behind Pioneer Presbyterian Church at 33324 Patriot Way off U.S. Highway 101.

Access to the cemetery is from U.S. Hwy. 101 south of Astoria and Warrenton. Almost immediately after turning off of U.S. Hwy. 101 is the the driveway to the left (south) for the Clatsop Plains Pioneer Presbyterian Church. The cemetery is located beside the church.