Salem Cemetery - Stillwater, OK, U.S.A.
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N 36° 06.918 W 097° 15.000
14S E 657500 N 3998154
Rural cemetery in Payne County, established by the German Lutheran immigrants from Ukraine.
Waymark Code: WMJ2YY
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 09/14/2013
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Salem Cemetery has about 75 burials, and is located on the north side of Highway 51, south of Lake Carl Blackwell.
Text from sign at cemetery entrance:
Salem Cemetery
The Oklahoma Land Run of 1889 brought to this spot a number of German Lutheran immigrants from Ukraine, Russia. These families began the history of what is now Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church at Duck and Elm in Stillwater.
These immigrants purchased a quarter section of land in 1893. All but five acres of this land was sold, and the proceeds used to buy supplies for a bon-a-fide church building. This congregation known as Friedenskirche, was incorporated in 1892 and originally stood on the rise, 150 ft to the west of the cemetery. Services were in German and led by various members. Around 1909 the membership voted to move the congregation into Stillwater.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Active
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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