Copperopolis Cemetery

Historical marker location:

764 Reeds Turnpike, Copperopolis, California

( Marker can be reached from Reeds Turnpike.)

Marker installed: 2006

The first female mayor in the U.S. was elected in California in 1887. Susanna M. Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas, but she was born in California and later moved to Kansas with her husband.