Colfax Cemetery
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Colfax Cemetery

Colfax, Placer County, California, USA

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In the 1850's, during the California Gold Rush years, small mining towns in the Sierras began informally setting aside "Boot Hills" for burials. One such was in Illinoistown which later became known as Colfax in the 1860's with the completion of the Central Pacific Railroad and a visit by Vice President Schuyler Colfax. Land for a cemetery was conveyed to the town of Colfax by John Burns and J.F. Seims. Some of the burials from the Illinoistown "Boot Hill" were re-interred at Colfax Cemetery. The oldest known tombstone (with the death date of 1851) is for Ammiel Brickell. In 1917, the Placer County Board of Supervisors established the Colfax District Cemetery. Land additions were made in the 1930's and 1940's and currently the cemetery consists of 20 acres, a mix of historic and more recent burials in a hilly region dotted with numerous pines and other trees and shrubs. There are many old tombstones clustered among the pines dating to the 19th century as well as many newer flat markers in large grassy areas near the entrance to the cemetery just off I-80 on North Canyon Road.
In the 1850's, during the California Gold Rush years, small mining towns in the Sierras began informally setting aside "Boot Hills" for burials. One such was in Illinoistown which later became known as Colfax in the 1860's with the completion of the Central Pacific Railroad and a visit by Vice President Schuyler Colfax. Land for a cemetery was conveyed to the town of Colfax by John Burns and J.F. Seims. Some of the burials from the Illinoistown "Boot Hill" were re-interred at Colfax Cemetery. The oldest known tombstone (with the death date of 1851) is for Ammiel Brickell. In 1917, the Placer County Board of Supervisors established the Colfax District Cemetery. Land additions were made in the 1930's and 1940's and currently the cemetery consists of 20 acres, a mix of historic and more recent burials in a hilly region dotted with numerous pines and other trees and shrubs. There are many old tombstones clustered among the pines dating to the 19th century as well as many newer flat markers in large grassy areas near the entrance to the cemetery just off I-80 on North Canyon Road.

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