Goldfield Cemetery – Esmeralda County – United States

Goldfield Cemetery is located in Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada, and serves as the town’s historic and current burial ground. Goldfield developed as a major mining camp after its founding in 1902, reaching an estimated population of 20,000 by mid-1907. The cemetery was originally located near the town center and the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad depot before residents relocated the graves to the present site as the town and railroad expanded. ([goldfieldhistoricalsociety.com](https://www.goldfieldhistoricalsociety.com/Documents/GoldfieldHistoricCemetery_2024.pdf?utm_source=openai)) The grounds include general, religious-affiliation and service-club sections, as well as a separate area known as Potter’s Field. ([goldfieldhistoricalsociety.com](https://www.goldfieldhistoricalsociety.com/Documents/GoldfieldHistoricCemetery_2024.pdf?utm_source=openai)) Its historical section contains mining-era graves and distinctive epitaphs, including the grave of an unidentified man whose marker refers to death from eating library paste. The cemetery is open to visitors without admission, while burial and genealogical information may be researched through local historical and cemetery-record resources. ([travelnevada.com](https://travelnevada.com/historical-interests/goldfield-historic-cemetery/?utm_source=openai))