Auburn Pioneer Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 47.315110, -122.223480
PLSS Coordinates: SE¼ SW¼ Sec. 07 T21N R05E
Location: Auburn, King County
Record count: 93

Ownership: City of Auburn

Directions: Located in the north half of the city of Auburn, the cemetery sits at the corner of Auburn Way N and 8th St NE.

Background:

This cemetery is also known as: Slaughter Cemetery, Fawcett Cemetery and Auburn Japanese Cemetery.

Use of the property as a family burial ground dates back to at least 1866, when the town was known as, "Slaughter", and the property was formally platted as a community cemetery in 1889.

Plot No. 91 is associated with members of the Faucett family (who owned the property before the cemetery was formally established), and this plot includes what are likely the oldest burials in the cemetery, dating to 1866.

Because of spring flooding it was only active about 20 years. In 1917 the east edge was given to the Buddhist Church at Christopher, for use by the Japanese Community.

Documents

• 
  Auburn Pioneer Cemetery Plot Map & Photos, July 2016, Holly Taylor
• 
  Auburn Pioneer Cemetery, Landmark Nomination Form, July 2016, Holly Taylor

Burial Records

• Tombstone Transcription, by Suzanne Livingstone, June 29, 2011, (93 records)

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