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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
Calaveras County
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)
[8]
Susanville Cemetery,
Susanville (closed since 1918, although nearly 100 additional burials occurred since then)
[8]
Los Angeles County
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
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Mariposa County
Marin County
Modoc County
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Mono County
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Monterey County
Napa County
Nevada County
Orange County
Placer County
Plumas County
Riverside County
Sacramento County
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.
[18]
[19]
West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II
San Joaquin County
San Luis Obispo County
San Mateo County
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
Santa Clara County
Santa Cruz County
Shasta County
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
Tulare County
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Tuolumne County
Ventura County
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
Yuba County
See also
References
For references related to individual interments, see articles for the particular individuals.
^
"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]
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"Pleasanton Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Introduction" . www.l-ags.org .
^
"St. Augustine's Catholic Church Cemetery, Introduction" . www.l-ags.org .
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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 .
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b
Lassen County Cemeteries (accessed 8 October 2019)
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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 .
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