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Calvary Cemetery is the Catholic section of Austin Cemetery in Austin, Lander County, Nevada, located about one mile northwest of town along U.S. Route 50. The cemetery’s first known burials date to 1863, and the Calvary section lies south of the highway. It is noted for finely carved white-marble monuments, many incorporating crosses, and for graves associated with Irish and other Catholic residents of Austin. Calvary is part of the approximately five-acre Austin Cemetery historic district, listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. ([austinnevada.com](https://austinnevada.com/cemetery?utm_source=openai))
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