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List of cemeteries in California 
Summary
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 edit
- 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 edit
Amador County edit
- Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Jackson
Calaveras County edit
- Mokelumne Hill Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Mokelumne Hill[6]
- Pioneer Cemetery (San Andreas, California)
Colusa County edit
Contra Costa County edit
Del Norte County edit
El Dorado County edit
Fresno County edit
Glenn County edit
Humboldt County edit
Imperial County edit
Inyo County edit
Kern County edit
Kings County edit
Lake County edit
Lassen County edit
- Lassen Cemetery, Susanville (also known as Lassen County Cemetery; and as Susanville New Cemetery)[8]
- Susanville Cemetery, Susanville (closed since 1918, although nearly 100 additional burials occurred since then)[8]
Los Angeles County edit
- All Souls Cemetery (Long Beach, California)[9]
- Angeles Abbey Cemetery, Compton
- 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
- Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery, Carson[10]
- Long Beach Municipal Cemetery, Signal Hill[9]
- Los Angeles National Cemetery, West Los Angeles
- Mission San Gabriel Arcángel Cemetery, Long Beach
- Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles
- Mount Zion Cemetery, East Los Angeles
- Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont[11]
- 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, Rosemead, California
- Sierra Madre Pioneer Cemetery, Sierra Madre
- Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach[9]
- 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[12]
- Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica
Madera County edit
Mariposa County edit
Marin County edit
- Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael
- Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael
- Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, Tomales
Modoc County edit
Mono County edit
Monterey County edit
Napa County edit
Nevada County edit
- Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery (or Shaar Zedek), Grass Valley[6]
- Nevada City Jewish Cemetery, Nevada City
- Pioneer Cemetery (Nevada City, California)
Orange County edit
- Anaheim Cemetery, Anaheim
- Christ Cathedral Memorial Gardens, Garden Grove
- Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana[14]
- Mission San Juan Capistrano Cemetery, San Juan Capistrano
- Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar
- Yorba Cemetery, Yorba Linda
Placer County edit
Plumas County edit
- Big Flat Cemetery, Seneca[15]
- Taylorsville Cemetery, Taylorsville[16]
- Whispering Pines Cemetery, Beckwourth[17]
Riverside County edit
Sacramento County edit
- Chevra Kaddisha Cemetery, Sacramento; listed as a California Historical Landmark, first Jewish cemetery in the state
- Chung Wah Cemetery, Folsom; on the National Register of Historic Places
- East Lawn Memorial Park, East Sacramento
- Folsom Prison Burial Grounds Cemetery, Folsom
- Home of Peace Cemetery, Sacramento
- New Helvetia Cemetery, East Sacramento; first cemetery in the city (operated 1845 to 1912)
- Sacramento Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento; also known as "Old City Cemetery"
- Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes, Sacramento
San Benito County edit
San Bernardino County edit
San Diego County edit
San Francisco County edit
- 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.[18][19]
- West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II
San Joaquin County edit
- Stockton State Hospital Cemetery, Stockton
- San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery, Stockton[20]
San Luis Obispo County edit
San Mateo County edit
- Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma
- Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno
- Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma
- Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Menlo Park
- Home of Peace Cemetery, Colma
- The Italian Cemetery, Colma[21]
- Japanese Cemetery, Colma
- Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma[22]
- Salem Memorial Park, Colma
- Skylawn Memorial Park, San Mateo
- Union Cemetery, Redwood City, on the National Register of Historic Places
- Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Colma
Santa Barbara County edit
Santa Clara County edit
Santa Cruz County edit
- Evergreen Cemetery (Santa Cruz, California)[25]
- Oakwood Memorial Park (Santa Cruz, California)
- Santa Cruz Memorial Park Cemetery, Santa Cruz, California
Shasta County edit
- Jewish Cemetery, Shasta[6]
Sierra County edit
Siskiyou County edit
Solano County edit
Sonoma County edit
Stanislaus County edit
Sutter County edit
Tehama County edit
Trinity County edit
- Lewiston Pioneer Cemetery in Lewiston Historic District, Lewiston; NRHP-listed[27]
Tulare County edit
Tuolumne County edit
- Sonora Hebrew Cemetery, Sonora
Ventura County edit
- Bardsdale Cemetery, Bardsdale[28]
- Conejo Mountain Funeral Home, Memorial Park and Crematory, Camarillo
- Hueneme Masonic Cemetery, Oxnard[28][29]
- Mount Sinai Simi Valley, Simi Valley[30]
- Nordhoff Cemetery, Ojai[31]
- Oxnard Japanese Cemetery, Oxnard[32]
- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley
- Santa Paula Cemetery, Santa Paula[28]
- Simi Valley Public Cemetery, includes El Rancho Simi Pioneer Cemetery, Simi Valley[33][34][31][35][36]
Yolo County edit
Yuba County edit
- Marysville Cemetery, Marysville
- Marysville Hebrew Cemetery, Marysville
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d Levinson, Robert E. (1994). The Jews in the California Gold Rush. Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks, Judah L. Magnes Museum. ISBN 9780943376622.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Carson cemetery desecrated by thieves and vandals". ABC7 Los Angeles. 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "San Joaquin Cemetery Stockton, CA – Catholic Cemeteries Diocese of Stockton". www.sjcemeteries.com.
- ^ Fredricks, Darold (July 21, 2014). "Italian Cemetery of Colma". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Colleen O'Sullivan; Walter Robb (October 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lewiston Historic District". National Park Service. With accompanying 24 photos from 1987
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- California Cemetery Records at Interment.net website
- El Dorado County Pioneer Cemeteries Commission website
- California Cemeteries list from U. S. Geological Survey
- California Cemeteries at Curlie