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Clay Street Cemetery

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The Clay Street Cemetery was established in 1903 as the first cemetery of the new town of Fairbanks, founded two years before. The cemetery was located on the southeastern edge of the original townsite. Residences were built over time adjacent to the northern and western property lines. For many
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The cemetery officially closed in 1938, when the City of Fairbanks established the
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years, a large sawmill operated directly south of the cemetery.
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Fairbanks, Alaska
United States of America
Coordinates
64°50′30″N 147°42′27″W / 64.84167°N 147.70750°W / 64.84167; -147.70750
Clay Street Cemetery Commission
Find a Grave
Clay Street Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Clay Street Cemetery is located in Downtown Fairbanks
Clay Street Cemetery is located in Alaska
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Fairbanks, Alaska
National Register of Historic Places
Felix Pedro
Birch Hill Cemetery
Irene Mary Sherman
National Register of Historic Places
List of cemeteries in Alaska
National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska


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