White Bluffs Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 46.670834, -119.466943
PLSS Coordinates: T14N R27E Section 29
Location: White Bluffs, Benton County
Record count: 188

Ownership: National Parks Service

Directions: Located within present-day Hanford Reach National Monument. The exact location of this cemetery is still not known. Laura Schmidt, who provided a transcription of burials for this cemetery, provides an approximate GPS location of 46° 40' 15"N, 119° 28' 01"W (46.670834, -119.466943).

Background: White Bluffs Cemetery was used by residents of both White Bluffs and East White Bluffs prior to 1943. In 1943, the US-government forced evacuation of these towns and several others to make room for a nuclear production facility, as part of the Manhattan Project. Graves were disinterred and moved to Prosser Cemetery in Prosser, WA.

Burial Records

• Tombstone Transcription, by Laura Schmidt, May 30, 2000, (188 records)

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