Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 38.898322, -120.909983
PLSS Coordinates: Georgetown Twp, Sec 7
County: El Dorado
Record count: 182

Directions: To reach the Greenwood Cemetery, drive east from the stoplight in the town of Cool onto Hwy 193 for about 2 miles, turn south onto Greenwood Road and continue to the Greenwood area, and you will see the cemetery on the left or east side of the road.

Background: John Greenwood was a trapper and guide who came to California in 1844. By 1849 he had established a trading post. This gold rush town at one time had a theater, four hotels, 14 stores a brewery and four saloons. Today all of those older buildings are gone. The only thing left in Greenwood is the cemetery which began in 1852.

The cemetery seems to have occasional recent burials, perhaps those who had previously purchased a burial site.

- Candis Ward

Burial Records

• View All Transcriptions Combined, 182 records
  • Miscellaneous Records, compiled by Candis Ward, November 15, 2004, (6 records)
  • Tombstone Transcription, compiled by Candis Ward, November 15, 2004, (176 records)

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