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 A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many dead people are buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ) implies th ...
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columbaria A columbarium (; pl. columbaria), also called a cinerarium, is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns holding Cremation, cremated remains of the dead. The term comes from the Latin ''wikt:columba, columba'' (do ...
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mausolea A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of ...
which are historical and/or notable. It does not include pet cemeteries.


Alameda County

* Cathedral of Christ the Light Mausoleum,
Oakland Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is ...
* Cedar Lawn Memorial Park, Fremont * Centerville Pioneer Cemetery (also known as Centerville Presbyterian Cemetery), Fremont * Chapel of Memories Columbarium,
Oakland Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is ...
* Chapel of the Chimes, Hayward * Chapel of the Chimes,
Oakland Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is ...
* Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose Cemetery, Fremont * Dublin Pioneer Cemetery,
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* Evergreen Cemetery,
Oakland Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is ...
* Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward * Lone Tree Cemetery, Fairview * Mount Eden Cemetery, Hayward * Mountain View Cemetery,
Oakland Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is ...
* Pleasanton Memorial Gardens Cemetery, also known as
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Cemetery, Pleasanton Pioneer Cemetery, Pleasanton * Roselawn Cemetery, Livermore, also known as Masonic Cemetery * San Lorenzo Pioneer Memorial Park, also known as San Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery,
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(managed by the Hayward Area Historical Society) * Saint Augustines Cemetery, Pleasanton * Saint Mary Cemetery,
Oakland Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is ...


Alpine County


Amador County

* Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Jackson


Calaveras County

* Mokelumne Hill Pioneer Jewish Cemetery,
Mokelumne Hill Mokelumne Hill (''Mokelumne'', Miwok for "People of the Fish Net") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 646 at the 2010 census, down from 774 at the 2000 census. It is commonly refer ...
* Pioneer Cemetery (San Andreas, California)


Colusa County


Contra Costa County

* Oakmont Memorial Park, Pleasant Hill * Rolling Hills Memorial Park,
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Del Norte County


El Dorado County

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Placerville Pioneer Jewish Cemetery Placerville Pioneer Jewish Cemetery is a no longer active Jewish cemetery founded in 1854 by the Placerville Hebrew Benevolent Society, and is located in Placerville, California. The last burial happened in 1968. It is a private site operated by ...
, Placerville * Placerville Union Cemetery, Placerville


Fresno County

* Ararat Cemetery,
Fresno Fresno (; ) is a city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County, California, Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley (California), Central Valley region. It covers a ...
* Belmont Memorial Park,
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* Mountain View Cemetery,
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Glenn County


Humboldt County

* Sunset Memorial Park, Eureka * Greenwood Cemetery, Arcata


Imperial County


Inyo County

* Manzanar Cemetery,
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Kern County

* Bakersfield National Cemetery, Arvin


Kings County


Lake County

* Lower Lake Cemetery, Lower Lake


Lassen County

* Lassen Cemetery, Susanville (also known as Lassen County Cemetery; and as Susanville New Cemetery) * Susanville Cemetery, Susanville (closed since 1918, although nearly 100 additional burials occurred since then)''Lassen County Cemeteries'' (accessed 8 October 2019)
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Los Angeles County

* All Souls Cemetery (Long Beach, California) * Angeles Abbey Memorial Park, Compton *
Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery is a cemetery, located at 1831 West Washington Boulevard in the West Adams, Los Angeles, West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles, southwest of Downtown Los Angeles, Downtown. History Located in the West Adams, Los Angeles ...
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* Artesia Cemetery, Cerritos * Calvary Cemetery,
East Los Angeles East Los Angeles (), or East L.A., is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) situated within Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, East Los Angeles is designated as ...
* Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Mausoleum,
Downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) is the central business district of the city of Los Angeles. It is part of the Central Los Angeles region and covers a area. As of 2020, it contains over 500,000 jobs and has a population of roughly 85,000 residents ...
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Chapel of the Pines Crematory Chapel of the Pines Crematory is a crematory and columbarium located at 1605 South Catalina Street, Los Angeles, in the U.S. state of California, in the West Adams District a short distance southwest of Downtown. It is beside Angelus-Rosedale ...
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* Chinese Cemetery of Los Angeles,
East Los Angeles East Los Angeles (), or East L.A., is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) situated within Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, East Los Angeles is designated as ...
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Eden Memorial Park Cemetery Eden Memorial Park Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located at 11500 Sepulveda Boulevard, Mission Hills, California, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. Many Jews from the entertainment industry are buried here. It is located north of the ...
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Mission Hills, Los Angeles Mission Hills is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, located in the San Fernando Valley. It is near the northern junction of the Golden State Freeway (Interstate 5 (California), I-5) and the Interstate 405 (California), San Diego Freewa ...
* El Campo Santo Cemetery,
City of Industry The City of Industry is a city in the San Gabriel Valley, in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is almost entirely industrial, containing over 3,000 businesses employing 67,000 people, with only 264 residents as of ...
* Evergreen Cemetery,
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* First Jewish site in Los Angeles *
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries is an American corporation that owns and operates a chain of cemeteries and mortuaries in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties in Southern California. History The company was founded by a group ...
** Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale ** Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery,
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** Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach *
Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery Grand View Memorial Park and Crematory is a historic cemetery located in Glendale, California, in the United States. Established in 1884 as Glendale Cemetery, it changed its name to Grand View Memorial Park in 1919. The cemetery was the focus of ...
, Glendale * Green Hills Memorial Park,
Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho Palos Verdes is a coastal city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States. Incorporated on September 7, 1973, the city has a population of 42,287 as reported in the 2020 United States census. The city sits atop the bluffs o ...
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Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery The Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in Culver City, California, United States. Many Jewish people from the entertainment industry are buried there. The cemetery is known for Al Jolson's elaborate tomb (designed by Los Angeles ...
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Culver City Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,779. It is mostly surrounded by Los Angeles, but also shares a border with the unincorporated area of Ladera Heights to the ea ...
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery Hollywood Forever Cemetery is a full-service cemetery, funeral home, crematorium, crematory, and cultural events center which regularly hosts community events such as live music and summer movie screenings. It is one of the oldest cemeteries ...
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Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood ...
* Holy Cross Cemetery,
Culver City Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,779. It is mostly surrounded by Los Angeles, but also shares a border with the unincorporated area of Ladera Heights to the ea ...
* Home of Peace Cemetery,
East Los Angeles East Los Angeles (), or East L.A., is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) situated within Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, East Los Angeles is designated as ...
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Inglewood Park Cemetery Inglewood Park Cemetery, in Inglewood, California, was founded in 1905. A number of notable people, including entertainment and sports personalities, have been interred or entombed there. History The proposed establishment of "the larges ...
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Inglewood Inglewood may refer to: Places Australia *Inglewood, Queensland * Shire of Inglewood, Queensland, a former local government area *Inglewood, South Australia *Inglewood, Victoria *Inglewood, Western Australia Canada * Inglewood, Ontario *Inglewoo ...
* Joshua Memorial Park,
Lancaster Lancaster may refer to: Lands and titles *The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire *Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies *Duke of Lancaster *Earl of Lancaster *House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty ...
* Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery, Carson * Long Beach Municipal Cemetery, Signal Hill *
Los Angeles National Cemetery The Los Angeles National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the Sawtelle, Los Angeles, Sawtelle unincorporated community of the West Los Angeles neighborhood in Los Angeles County, California. Geography The entrance to the cemeter ...
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West Los Angeles West Los Angeles is an area within the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. The residential and commercial neighborhood is divided by the Interstate 405 freeway, and each side is sometimes treated as a distinct neighborhood, mapped ...
* Mission San Gabriel Arcángel Cemetery, Long Beach *
Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery is the largest Jewish mortuary and Jewish cemetery organization, located in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of the central region of Los Angeles, California. Many notable Jewish people from the American ente ...
, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles * Mount Zion Cemetery,
East Los Angeles East Los Angeles (), or East L.A., is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) situated within Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, East Los Angeles is designated as ...
* Oak Park Cemetery,
Claremont Claremont may refer to: Places Australia *Claremont, Ipswich, a heritage-listed house in Queensland * Claremont, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart * Claremont, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth * Town of Claremont, Perth * Claremont Airbase, an ...
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Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery The Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 22601 Lassen Street, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. It is the resting place for several movie stars such as Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gloria Grahame, and Stephen Boyd. History and descr ...
, Chatsworth * Odd Fellows Cemetery,
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Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation, also known as Valhalla Memorial Rotunda and The Rotunda, is a shrine to aviation located at the former entrance to Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood and Burbank, California. The sh ...
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North Hollywood, Los Angeles North Hollywood is a neighborhood and district in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. The neighborhood contains the NoHo Arts District, El Portal Theater, several art galleries, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ...
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Rose Hills Memorial Park Rose Hills Memorial Park is a cemetery and mortuary located in Whittier, California. It is an affiliate of Service Corporation International (formerly Loewen Group) and is the largest cemetery in North America. Sites ; Mausoleums * Whittie ...
, Whittier *
San Fernando Mission Cemetery The San Fernando Mission Cemetery, a significant part of the Mission Hills community in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, is steeped in history. It stands adjacent to the iconic San Fernando Mission, also known as Mission San Fernando Rey d ...
, Mission Hills * San Fernando Pioneer Memorial Cemetery * Savannah Memorial Park,
Rosemead, California Rosemead is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The 2020 United States census reported a population of 51,185. Rosemead is part of a cluster of cities, along with Alhambra, Arcadia, Temple City, Monterey Park, San Marino, ...
* Sierra Madre Pioneer Cemetery, Sierra Madre *
Spadra Cemetery Spadra Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Pomona, California Pomona ( ) is a city in eastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pomona is located in the Pomona Valley, between the Inland Empire and the San Gabriel Valley. At the ...
, Pomona * Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach *
Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery is a cemetery located at 10621 Victory Boulevard, straddling the border between the Los Angeles neighborhood of North Hollywood and Burbank, California. The cemetery's East entrance features the Portal of the Fo ...
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North Hollywood North Hollywood is a neighborhood and district in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. The neighborhood contains the NoHo Arts District, El Portal Theater, several art galleries, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Th ...
* Valley Oaks Memorial Park,
Westlake Village Westlake Village is a city in Los Angeles County, California, on its western border with Ventura County. Upon its incorporation in 1981, Westlake Village became the 82nd municipality of Los Angeles County.Baker, Pam (2002). ''Thousand Oaks We ...
* Verdugo Hills Cemetery, Tujunga, Los Angeles *
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary is a cemetery and Morgue, mortuary located in the Westwood, Los Angeles, Westwood area of Los Angeles. It includes a crematory for cremation services. Its location is at 1218 Glendon Av ...
, Westwood * Woodlawn Memorial Park, Compton * Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery,
Santa Monica Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...


Madera County


Mariposa County

* St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rectory and Cemetery, Mariposa *
Yosemite Cemetery Yosemite Cemetery, also known as Pioneer Cemetery, is a cemetery built in the 1870s and located on the west end of Yosemite Village, in Mariposa County, California. In 2014, the Yosemite Conservancy worked in restoring the cemetery and graves. ...
, Yosemite Village


Marin County

* Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael *
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery Mount Tamalpais Cemetery is located in San Rafael, California. History The cemetery was founded by Dr. Henry A. Dubois, Jr. An ordinance had been passed in the 1870s that prohibited any burials within the towns limits. Dr DuBois attended a tow ...
, San Rafael * Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, Tomales


Modoc County


Mono County


Monterey County

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Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo (English language, English: The Mission of Saint Charles Borromeo of the Carmel River), first built in 1797, is one of the Conservation and restoration of immovable cultural property, most authentica ...
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Carmel-by-the-Sea, California Carmel-by-the-Sea (), commonly known simply as Carmel, is a city in Monterey County, California, located on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 3,220, down from 3,722 a ...
* San Carlos Cemetery (Monterey, California)


Napa County

* St. Helena Public Cemetery,
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Tulocay Cemetery Tulocay Cemetery is a cemetery located in Napa, California originally established in 1859 following Governor pro tem Manuel Jimeno to Cayetano Juárez's 1853 donation of approximately of land to the people of Napa. History The cemetery is locat ...
, Napa


Nevada County

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Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, also known as Shaar Zedek ( English: ''Gate of Righteousness'') is a no longer active Jewish cemetery founded in 1856 by the Hebrew Benevolent of Society of Grass Valley, and is located in Grass Valley, Cali ...
(or Shaar Zedek), Grass Valley * Nevada City Jewish Cemetery, Nevada City *
Pioneer Cemetery (Nevada City, California) The Pioneer Cemetery is a cemetery established in c. 1851 behind the Nevada City United Methodist Church, in Nevada City, California. This was the first cemetery in Nevada City, formed during the California Gold Rush. History The Pioneer Cemet ...


Orange County

* Anaheim Cemetery,
Anaheim Anaheim ( ) is a city in northern Orange County, California, United States, part of the Greater Los Angeles area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the tenth-most ...
* Christ Cathedral Memorial Gardens, Garden Grove * Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana * Mission San Juan Capistrano Cemetery,
San Juan Capistrano San Juan Capistrano (also known colloquially as San Juan or SJC) is a city in southern Orange County, California, United States. The population was 35,253 at the 2020 Census. Named for Saint John of Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano was founded ...
* Pacific View Memorial Park,
Corona del Mar Corona del Mar (Spanish for "Crown of the Sea") is a seaside neighborhood in the city of Newport Beach, California. It generally consists of all the land on the seaward face of the San Joaquin Hills south of Avocado Avenue to the city limits, a ...
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Yorba Cemetery Yorba Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Yorba Linda, California, originally part of Bernardo Yorba's Rancho Cañón de Santa Ana. It was deeded to the County of Orange in 1967. In 1858, the 40,000 square-foot plot of land was willed to the Cat ...
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Yorba Linda Yorba Linda is a suburban city in northeastern Orange County, California, United States, approximately southeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and had a population of 68,336 at the 2020 census. Yorb ...


Placer County

* Colfax District Cemetery, Colfax *
Rocklin Cemetery Rocklin Cemetery is a historic public cemetery, located at 4090 Kannasto Street in Rocklin, Placer County, California, United States. History Rocklin Cemetery's early history is unknown. However there are two theories; its first burial around 1 ...
, Rocklin


Plumas County

* Big Flat Cemetery, Seneca * Taylorsville Cemetery, Taylorsville * Whispering Pines Cemetery, Beckwourth


Riverside County


Sacramento County

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Chevra Kaddisha Cemetery, Sacramento Chevra Kaddisha Cemetery ( English: ''Holy Society''), later known as Home of Peace Cemetery, was the first Jewish cemetery in California founded on November 12, 1850, by the Sacramento City Hebrew Association, and was once located at 33rd at K St ...
; listed as a
California Historical Landmark A California Historical Landmark (CHL) is a building, structure, site, or place in the U.S. state of California that has been determined to have statewide historical landmark significance. Criteria Historical significance is determined by meetin ...
, first Jewish cemetery in the state * Chung Wah Cemetery,
Folsom Folsom may refer to: People * Folsom (surname) Places in the United States * Folsom, Perry County, Alabama * Folsom, Randolph County, Alabama * Folsom, California * Folsom, Georgia * Folsom, Louisiana * Folsom, Missouri * Folsom, New Jers ...
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
* East Lawn Memorial Park,
East Sacramento East Sacramento (also known as East Sac) is a neighborhood in Sacramento, California, United States, that is east of downtown and midtown. East Sacramento is bounded by U.S. Route 50 to the south, Business Loop 80 to the west and north, Elvas Av ...
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Folsom Prison Folsom California State Prison is a California State Prison in Folsom, California, United States, approximately northeast of the state capital of Sacramento. It is one of 34 adult institutions operated by the California Department of Correcti ...
Burial Grounds Cemetery,
Folsom Folsom may refer to: People * Folsom (surname) Places in the United States * Folsom, Perry County, Alabama * Folsom, Randolph County, Alabama * Folsom, California * Folsom, Georgia * Folsom, Louisiana * Folsom, Missouri * Folsom, New Jers ...
* Home of Peace Cemetery, Sacramento * New Helvetia Cemetery, East Sacramento; first cemetery in the city (operated 1845 to 1912) *
Sacramento Historic City Cemetery The Sacramento Historic City Cemetery (or Old City Cemetery), located at 1000 Broadway, at 10th Street, is the oldest existing cemetery in Sacramento, California. It was designed to resemble a Victorian garden and sections that are not locat ...
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Sacramento Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ...
; also known as "Old City Cemetery" * Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes,
Sacramento Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ...


San Benito County


San Bernardino County


San Diego County


San Francisco County

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Golden Gate Cemetery (San Francisco, California) Golden Gate Cemetery, also called the City Cemetery, and Potter's Field, was a burial ground with 29,000 remains, active between 1870 and approximately 1909 and was located in San Francisco, California. The site of this former cemetery is now Li ...
, 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, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
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San Francisco National Cemetery San Francisco National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery, located in the Presidio of San Francisco, California. Because of the name and location, it is frequently confused with Golden Gate National Cemetery, a few miles south of the c ...
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San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...
*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. *
West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II The West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II is a monument dedicated to Missing in action, missing soldiers, sailors, marines, coast guardsmen, and airmen of World War II. It is a curved wall of California granite set in a grove of M ...


San Joaquin County

* Cherokee Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Lodi * Stockton State Hospital Cemetery, Stockton * San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery, Stockton * Woodbridge Masonic Cemetery, Woodbridge


San Luis Obispo County

* Old Santa Rosa Catholic Church and Cemetery,
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San Mateo County

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Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, established by Hamden Holmes Noble in 1892, is a rural cemetery located in Colma, California, a place known as the "City of the Silent". History Noble was a Civil War veteran who moved to California in 1865 and was ...
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Golden Gate National Cemetery Golden Gate National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery in California, located in the city of San Bruno, California, San Bruno, south of San Francisco. Because of the name and location, it is frequently confused with San Francisco ...
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San Bruno San Bruno () is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, incorporated in 1914. The population was 43,908 at the 2020 United States census. The city is between South San Francisco and Millbrae, adjacent to San Francisco Internat ...
* Greenlawn Memorial Park, Colma *
Hills of Eternity Memorial Park Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, also known as Giboth Olam, is a Jewish cemetery founded in 1889, and is located at 1301 El Camino Real, in Colma, California. This cemetery is owned by Congregation Sherith Israel of San Francisco. It is one of f ...
, Colma * Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma * Holy Cross Cemetery, Menlo Park * Home of Peace Cemetery, Colma * The Italian Cemetery, Colma * Japanese Cemetery, Colma *
Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park was founded in 1896, originally as Mount Olivet Cemetery, and is located at 1601 Hillside Boulevard in Colma, California. Its name was later changed to Olivet Memorial Park, and updated again to its cur ...
, Colma *
Salem Memorial Park Salem Memorial Park and Garden was founded in 1891, originally as the New Salem Cemetery, and is located at 1711 El Camino Real in Colma, California. History Congregation Beth Israel had consecrated a portion of City Cemetery in San Francis ...
, Colma * Skylawn Memorial Park, San Mateo * Union Cemetery,
Redwood City Redwood City is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in the Bay Area of Northern California, approximately south of San Francisco and northwest of San Jose. The city's population was 84,292 according to the 2020 census. The Port of Redwo ...
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* Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Colma


Santa Barbara County

* Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara


Santa Clara County

* Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto *
Stanford Mausoleum The Stanford Mausoleum, located in the Northwest of the Stanford University campus in the Stanford University Arboretum, holds the remains of the university's namesake Leland Stanford, Jr. and his parents Leland and Jane Stanford. Once per ye ...
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Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...
* Mission City Memorial Park, Santa Clara * Santa Clara Mission Cemetery, Santa Clara * Calvary Catholic Cemetery, San Jose * Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose


Santa Cruz County

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Evergreen Cemetery (Santa Cruz, California) Evergreen Cemetery is a public cemetery located on Evergreen Street in Santa Cruz, California and was established in the 1850s. Since 2008, the Evergreen Cemetery is under the management of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH). About ...
* Oakwood Memorial Park (Santa Cruz, California) *Santa Cruz Memorial Park Cemetery, Santa Cruz, California * Home of Peace Cemetery (Santa Cruz, California)


Shasta County

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Jewish Cemetery A Jewish cemetery ( ''beit almin'' or ''beit kvarot'') is a cemetery where Jews are buried in keeping with Halakha, Jewish tradition. Cemeteries are referred to in several different ways in Hebrew, including ''beit kevarot'' (house of s ...
, Shasta


Sierra County


Siskiyou County


Solano County

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Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Sacramento Valley National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located about southwest of Dixon, Solano County, California. The cemetery is intersected by the Union Pacific Railroad in the southeast of the cemetery. Opened for buria ...
, near Dixon


Sonoma County


Stanislaus County

* Valley Home Memorial Park, Oakdale


Sutter County

* Sutter Cemetery, Sutter


Tehama County


Trinity County

* Lewiston Pioneer Cemetery in Lewiston Historic District, Lewiston; NRHP-listed With


Tulare County

* Tulare Public Cemetery, Tulare


Tuolumne County

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Sonora Hebrew Cemetery The Sonora Hebrew Cemetery, also known as Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, is an inactive Jewish cemetery founded in c. 1851, and located in Sonora, California, Sonora, California. This was the first Jewish cemetery in the Gold Country, Gold Rush region. ...
, Sonora


Ventura County

* Bardsdale Cemetery, BardsdaleSmith, Le
"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
* Conejo Mountain Funeral Home, Memorial Park and Crematory, Camarillo * Hueneme Masonic Cemetery,
Oxnard Oxnard () is a city in Ventura County in the U.S. state of California, United States. On California's Central Coast (California), Central Coast, it is the most populous city in Ventura County and the List of largest California cities by populati ...
Ritsch, Massi
"Volunteers Restore History at Cemetery"
''Los Angeles Times'' 13 June 1999. Accessed 14 December 2013
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Mount Sinai Simi Valley Mount Sinai Simi Valley is a Jewish cemetery located at 6150 Mount Sinai Drive, in Simi Valley, California; which opened in 1997. History Mount Sinai Simi Valley was a sister property to Mount Sinai Hollywood Hills when members of the Cemet ...
, Simi Valley * Nordhoff Cemetery,
Ojai Ojai ( ; Chumash: ''’Awhaỳ'') is a city in Ventura County, California. Located in the Ojai Valley, it is northwest of Los Angeles and east of Santa Barbara. The valley is part of the east–west trending Western Transverse Ranges and is ...
Boyd-Barrett, Claudi
"Wreaths at Nordhoff Cemetery in Ojai remember those who served"
''Ventura County Star'' 14 December 2013. Accessed 14 December 2013
* Oxnard Japanese Cemetery, Oxnard *
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the presidential library and burial site of Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States (1981–1989), and his wife Nancy Reagan. Located in Simi Valley, California, the library is administere ...
,
Simi Valley Simi Valley (; Chumash: ''Shimiyi'') is a city in the valley of the same name in southeastern Ventura County, California, United States. It is from Downtown Los Angeles, making it part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. Simi Valley borders Th ...
* Santa Paula Cemetery,
Santa Paula Santa Paula (Spanish for " St. Paula") is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. Situated amid the orchards of the Santa Clara River Valley, the city advertises itself to tourists as the "Citrus Capital of the World". Santa Pau ...
* Simi Valley Public Cemetery, includes El Rancho Simi Pioneer Cemetery, Simi ValleyMarsh, Cariss
"Governor signs bill allowing Simi to build new cemetery"
''Simi Valley Acorn'' 18 July 2008. Accessed 14 December 2013


Yolo County

* Davis Cemetery and Arboretum, Davis


Yuba County

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Marysville Cemetery Marysville Cemetery also known as Historic Marysville City Cemetery, is a no longer active city-owned cemetery that was established in 1850, and is located in Marysville, California. Historically this cemetery has been prone to flooding. This cem ...
, Marysville *
Marysville Hebrew Cemetery Marysville Hebrew Cemetery also known as Marysville Jewish Cemetery, and Jewish Cemetery of Marysville, is a no longer active Jewish cemetery founded in 1855 by the Marysville Hebrew Benevolent Society, and is located at the southeast corner of ...
, Marysville


See also

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List of cemeteries in the United States The list of cemeteries in the United States includes both active and historic sites, and does not include pet cemeteries. At the end of the list by states, cemeteries in territories of the United States Territories of the United States ...
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Pioneer cemetery In the United States, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere, a pioneer cemetery is a cemetery that is the burial place for pioneers. American pioneers founded such cemeteries during territorial expansion of the United States, with founding dates span ...


References

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External links


California Cemetery Records at Interment.net website

El Dorado County Pioneer Cemeteries Commission website

California Cemeteries list from U. S. Geological Survey
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