List of cemeteries in California
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This list of cemeteries in California includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable. It does not include pet cemeteries.
Alameda County
- Cathedral of Christ the Light Mausoleum, Oakland[1]
- Cedar Lawn Memorial Park, Fremont
- Centerville Pioneer Cemetery (also known as Centerville Presbyterian Cemetery), Fremont
- Chapel of Memories Columbarium, Oakland[2]
- Chapel of the Chimes, Hayward
- Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland
- Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose Cemetery, Fremont[3]
- Dublin Pioneer Cemetery, Dublin
- Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward
- Lone Tree Cemetery, Fairview
- Mount Eden Cemetery, Hayward
- Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland
- Pleasanton Memorial Gardens Cemetery, also known as IOOF Cemetery, Pleasanton Pioneer Cemetery, Pleasanton[4]
- Roselawn Cemetery, Livermore, also known as Masonic Cemetery
- San Lorenzo Pioneer Memorial Park, also known as San Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery, San Lorenzo (managed by the Hayward Area Historical Society)
- Saint Augustines Cemetery, Pleasanton[5]
- Saint Mary Cemetery, Oakland
Alpine County
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Amador County
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Colusa County
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Contra Costa County
Del Norte County
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El Dorado County
Fresno County
Glenn County
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Humboldt County
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Imperial County
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Inyo County
Kern County
Kings County
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Lake County
Lassen County
- Lassen Cemetery, Susanville (also known as Lassen County Cemetery; and as Susanville New Cemetery)[7]
- Susanville Cemetery, Susanville (closed since 1918, although nearly 100 additional burials occurred since then)[7]
Los Angeles County
- All Souls Cemetery (Long Beach, California)[8]
- Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles
- Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Mausoleum, Downtown Los Angeles
- Chapel of the Pines Crematory, Los Angeles
- Chinese Cemetery of Los Angeles, East Los Angeles
- Eden Memorial Park Cemetery, Mission Hills, Los Angeles
- El Campo Santo Cemetery, City of Industry
- Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles
- First Jewish site in Los Angeles
- Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
- Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale
- Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes
- Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, Culver City
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
- Home of Peace Cemetery, East Los Angeles
- Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood
- Joshua Memorial Park, Lancaster
- Los Angeles National Cemetery, West Los Angeles
- Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles
- Mount Zion Cemetery, East Los Angeles
- Municipal Cemetery (Long Beach, California)[8]
- Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont[9]
- Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Chatsworth
- Odd Fellows Cemetery, Los Angeles
- Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation, North Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier
- San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills
- San Fernando Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
- Savannah Memorial Park, a.k.a., El Monte Memorial Park or Savannah Pioneer Cemetery, Rosemead, California
- Sierra Madre Pioneer Cemetery, Sierra Madre
- Sunnyside Cemetery (Long Beach, California)[8]
- Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, North Hollywood
- Valley Oaks Memorial Park, Westlake Village
- Verdugo Hills Cemetery, Tujunga, Los Angeles
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Westwood
- Woodlawn Memorial Park, Compton[10]
- Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica
Madera County
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Mariposa County
Marin County
- Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael
- Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael
- Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, Tomales
Modoc County
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Mono County
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Monterey County
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
- San Carlos Cemetery (Monterey, California)
Napa County
Nevada County
Orange County
- Anaheim Cemetery, Anaheim
- Ascension Cemetery, Lake Forest
- Christ Cathedral Memorial Gardens, Garden Grove
- El Toro Memorial Park, Lake Forest
- Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana[12]
- Forest Lawn Cemetery, Cypress
- Good Shepherd Cemetery, Huntington Beach
- Harbor Lawn-Mt. Olive Memorial Park, Costa Mesa
- Holy Sepulcher Cemetery, Orange
- Loma Vista Memorial Park, Fullerton
- Magnolia Memorial Park, Garden Grove
- Melrose Abby Memorial Park, Anaheim
- Mission San Juan Capistrano Cemetery, San Juan Capistrano
- Old Mission San Juan Capistrano Cemetery, San Juan Capistrano
- Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Santa Ana
- Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster
- Yorba Cemetery, Yorba Linda
Placer County
Plumas County
- Big Flat Cemetery, Seneca[13]
- Taylorsville Cemetery, Taylorsville[14]
- Whispering Pines Cemetery, Beckwourth[15]
Riverside County
Sacramento County
- Chung Wah Cemetery, Folsom; on the National Register of Historic Places
- East Lawn Memorial Park, East Sacramento
- Folsom Prison Burial Grounds Cemetery, Folsom
- Sacramento Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento; also known as "Old City Cemetery"
- Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes, Sacramento
San Benito County
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San Bernardino County
San Diego County
San Francisco County
- Golden Gate Cemetery (San Francisco, California), defunct city-owned cemetery
- Grace Cathedral Columbarium
- Lone Mountain Cemetery, defunct cemetery complex that included Laurel Hill Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery, Masonic Cemetery, and Odd Fellows Cemetery
- San Francisco Columbarium & Funeral Home, San Francisco
- San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco
- San Francisco Marine Hospital, was a former psychiatric hospital (operated from 1875 to 1912) with an adjacent cemetery, some of the graves are still visible as of 2006.[16][17]
- West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II
San Joaquin County
- Stockton State Hospital Cemetery, Stockton
- San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery, Stockton[18]
San Luis Obispo County
San Mateo County
- Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma
- Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno
- Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Menlo Park
- Home of Peace Cemetery, Colma
- Japanese Cemetery, Colma
- Olivet Memorial Park, Colma[19]
- Skylawn Memorial Park, San Mateo
- Union Cemetery, Redwood City, on the National Register of Historic Places
- Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Colma
Santa Barbara County
Santa Clara County
- Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto
- Stanford Mausoleum, Stanford University
- Mission City Memorial Park, Santa Clara[20]
- Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose
- Santa Clara Mission Cemetery, Santa Clara[20][21]
Santa Cruz County
- Evergreen Cemetery (Santa Cruz, California)[22]
- Oakwood Memorial Park (Santa Cruz, California)
- Santa Cruz Memorial Park Cemetery, Santa Cruz, California
Shasta County
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Sierra County
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Siskiyou County
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Solano County
Sonoma County
Stanislaus County
Sutter County
Tehama County
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Trinity County
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Tulare County
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Tuolumne County
- Sonora Hebrew Cemetery, Sonora
Ventura County
- Bardsdale Cemetery, Bardsdale[24]
- Conejo Mountain Funeral Home, Memorial Park and Crematory, Camarillo
- Hueneme Masonic Cemetery, Oxnard[24][25]
- Mount Sinai Simi Valley, Simi Valley[26]
- Nordhoff Cemetery, Ojai[27]
- Oxnard Japanese Cemetery, Oxnard[28]
- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley
- Santa Paula Cemetery, Santa Paula[24]
- Simi Valley Public Cemetery, includes El Rancho Simi Pioneer Cemetery, Simi Valley[29][30][27][31][32]
Yolo County
Yuba County
- Marysville Cemetery, Marysville
- Marysville Hebrew Cemetery, Marysville
See also
References
- ^ "The Cathedral Mausoleum – Cathedral of Christ the Light". www.ctlcathedral.org.
- ^ "Oakland, CA: Chapel of Memories Columbarium Review". Bella Morte.
- ^ [Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose Cemetery Google Maps]
- ^ "Pleasanton Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Introduction". www.l-ags.org.
- ^ "St. Augustine's Catholic Church Cemetery, Introduction". www.l-ags.org.
- ^ Philibert-Ortega, Gena (2007). Cemeteries of the Eastern Sierra. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Press (Images of America). p. 45. ISBN 978-0738547862.
- ^ a b Lassen County Cemeteries (accessed 8 October 2019)
- ^ a b c d Schipske, Gerrie (2016). "Images of America Series". Historic Cemeteries of Long Beach. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1467117135.
- ^ "City of Claremont: Oak Park Cemetery". Archived from the original on May 27, 2014.
- ^ Brown, Kailyn (2021-05-16). "In Compton, the fate of a cemetery hangs in the balance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Visit the Yosemite Cemetery (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ^ "Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary | Funeral, Cremation & Cemetery". Dignity Memorial.
- ^ "California Gazetteer".
- ^ "Point of Historic Interest in Taylorsville, California: Taylorsville Cemetery". noehill.com.
- ^ "Plumas Museum" (PDF).
- ^ Dowd, Katie (2016-06-16). "Historic asylums and sanitariums of Northern California". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Nolte, Carl (2006-11-25). "San Francisco: Merchant seamen forgotten in death, Mariners' cemetery buried in debris, used as parking lot". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "San Joaquin Cemetery Stockton, CA – Catholic Cemeteries Diocese of Stockton". www.sjcemeteries.com.
- ^ "Cemeteries of the Counties of San Francisco and San Mateo". San Francisco Genealogy. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ a b Lichtenstein, Bea (2005). "Images of America Series". Cemeteries of Santa Clara. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0738530130.
- ^ "Santa Clara Mission Cemetery: A Ministry of the Jesuit Community" (PDF). Santa Clara University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-03.
- ^ Bliss, Traci; Brown, Randall (2020). Evergreen Cemetery of Santa Cruz. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Press (The History Press). ISBN 978-1467143868.
- ^ "Cemeteries". www.oakdaleriverbank.com.
- ^ a b c Smith, Leo "History's Resting Place : The County's Cemeteries Can Be a Pathway That Leads Visitors Back Into Time" Los Angeles Times 11 February 1993. Accessed 14 December 2013
- ^ Ritsch, Massie "Volunteers Restore History at Cemetery" Los Angeles Times 13 June 1999. Accessed 14 December 2013
- ^ Baker, David R. (February 9, 1996). "Commission Backs Plans for 162-Acre Cemetery". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ a b Boyd-Barrett, Claudia "Wreaths at Nordhoff Cemetery in Ojai remember those who served" Ventura County Star 14 December 2013. Accessed 14 December 2013
- ^ Soteros-McNamara, Liz "Not just another day of the dead: Members of the Japanese American Citizens League celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Oxnard Japanese Cemetery" Ventura County Reporter 15 May 2008. Accessed 14 December 2013
- ^ Marsh, Carissa "Governor signs bill allowing Simi to build new cemetery" Simi Valley Acorn 18 July 2008. Accessed 14 December 2013
- ^ McCartney, Patrick "Simi Valley : County Backs State Status for Cemetery" Los Angeles Times 16 April 1992. Accessed 14 December 2013
- ^ Wilson, Kathleen "Cemetery trustees want to find out where bodies are buried" Ventura County Star 12 December 2013. Accessed 15 December 2013
- ^ Metcalfe, Coll (February 23, 1998). "A Grave Situation : Financial Crisis Threatens to Doom Simi Valley's Historic Public Cemetery". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "Davis Cemetery District & Arboretum – One of California's historic cemeteries, in existence for 160 years". daviscemetery.org.
- Culbertson, Judi; Randall, Tom (1989). Permanent Californians: an illustrated guide to the cemeteries of California. Chelsea, VT: Chelsea Green. ISBN 978-0930031213. OCLC 19322965.
- Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). Laid to Rest in California: a guide to the cemeteries and grave sites of the rich and famous. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-0762741014. OCLC 70284362.
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