Dawson Cemetery

	Dawson Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Crosses in Dawson Cemetery
Location	Approximately 4 mi. NW of jct. of US 64 and the Dawson Rd.,; Dawson, Colfax County, New Mexico, U.S.
Coordinates	36°39′19″N 104°46′03″W / 36.65528°N 104.76750°W
Area	9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built	1913
NRHP reference No.	92000249
Added to NRHP	April 9, 1992

Dawson Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Dawson, New Mexico. It was established in 1913.^[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 9, 1992.^[1]^[2]

History

Dawson was the site of two separate coal mining disasters in 1913 and 1923, and is a ghost town.^[2]^[3] The Phelps Dodge Mining Company has historically invested in the restoration of this cemetery, which was awarded recognition in 1991 from Representative E. Kelly Mora.^[2]

The three sections of the burial ground are surrounded by barbed wire or iron pipe fence and it contains roughly 600 marked graves.^[2] The cemetery includes the graves of World War II casualties and coal miners; as well as immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and from Mexico.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dawson Cemetery". National Park Service. April 9, 1992. Retrieved February 19, 2023. With accompanying pictures
^ Sharpe, Tom (October 19, 2013). "Remembering the Dawson mining disaster, 100 years later". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 2023-02-20.

External links

Media related to Dawson Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons
Dawson Cemetery at Find a Grave
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dawson Cemetery

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[nrhpdoc2-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dawson Cemetery". National Park Service. April 9, 1992. Retrieved February 19, 2023. With accompanying pictures

[3] Sharpe, Tom (October 19, 2013). "Remembering the Dawson mining disaster, 100 years later". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 2023-02-20.

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