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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
Cedar Lawn Memorial Park , Fremont
Centerville Pioneer Cemetery (also known as Centerville Presbyterian Cemetery), Fremont
Chapel of Memories Columbarium , Oakland
Chapel of the Chimes , Hayward
Chapel of the Chimes , Oakland
Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose Cemetery , Fremont
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
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
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)
Susanville Cemetery, Susanville (closed since 1918, although nearly 100 additional burials occurred since then)
Los Angeles County
All Souls Cemetery (Long Beach, California)
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
Long Beach Municipal Cemetery , Signal Hill
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
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
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
Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery , Santa Monica
Madera County
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Mariposa County
Marin County
Modoc 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.
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
Japanese Cemetery , Colma
Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park , Colma
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
Conejo Mountain Funeral Home, Memorial Park and Crematory , Camarillo
Hueneme Masonic Cemetery , Oxnard
Mount Sinai Simi Valley , Simi Valley
Nordhoff Cemetery , Ojai
Oxnard Japanese Cemetery , Oxnard
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library , Simi Valley
Santa Paula Cemetery , Santa Paula
Simi Valley Public Cemetery, includes El Rancho Simi Pioneer Cemetery , Simi Valley
Yolo County
Davis Cemetery and Arboretum, Davis
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 .
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^ "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 .
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