Redmen Cemetery

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Name	Redmen Cemetery
also called	Redmen's Cemetery, Red Men's Cemetery
Location	Physical location	Port Townsend on Discovery Road, between 25th and 27th Streets
	Legal description	S3 T30 R1W TX 6 - REDMAN CEMETERY
	Latitude & Longitude	Lat 48° 07' 06" N Long 122° 47' 01" W
	Driving instructions	From the Jefferson County Courthouse in Port Townsend, go 0.3 miles NNW on Walker Street to the intersection of 19th and Walker Streets. Turn left on 19th Street, go 0.3 miles to San Juan Avenue. Turn right on San Juan Avenue, go 0.3 miles to the intersection of San Juan Avenue and 24th Street. Turn left on 24th Street, go 0.2 miles to Discovery Road. Turn right on Discovery Road, go 0.1 miles. Redmen Cemetery is on your left.
Cemetery records
Documentation	Held by	Jefferson County Genealogical Society
	Title	Redmen Cemetery
	Publication type & date	Index, 1985
Physical data	size	2.02 acres
Physical data	burial plots	650
Chronology	established 1902
History	Established 1902 by a local lodge of the Improved Order of Redmen (I.O.R.M), a popular fraternal organization of that era with roots extending back to the Revolutionary War. For more information about the I.O.R.M. use a search service such as Google.
Notes	Maintained by local volunteers as a community service project. Interment services offered to those with family buried there or who cannot afford to be buried elsewhere.

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