Placerville Pioneer Jewish Cemetery is a no longer active Jewish cemetery founded in 1854 by the Placerville Hebrew Benevolent Society, and is located in Placerville, California. The last burial happened in 1968. It is a private site operated by the Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West and is not open to the public.
Related cemeteries Other 19th-century Jewish cemeteries in Northern California are located at: Nevada City Jewish Cemetery, Nevada City, Nevada County; Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Jackson, Almador County; Sonora Hebrew Cemetery, Sonora, Tuolumne County; Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery (or Shaar Zedek), Grass Valley, Nevada County; Marysville Hebrew Cemetery, Marysville, Yuba County; Mokelumne Hill Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County; Jewish Cemetery, Shasta, Shasta County
See also Birth of a Community: Jews and the Gold Rush (1994 film) Hebrew Cemetery List of cemeteries in California Judah L. Magnes Museum
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