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]
- Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
- San Carlos Cemetery (Monterey, California)
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]
- Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto
- Stanford Mausoleum, Stanford University
- Mission City Memorial Park, Santa Clara[23]
- Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose
- Santa Clara Mission Cemetery, Santa Clara[23][24]
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. January 16, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ "City of Claremont: Oak Park Cemetery". Archived from the original on May 27, 2014.
- ^ Brown, Kailyn (May 16, 2021). "In Compton, the fate of a cemetery hangs in the balance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ "Visit the Yosemite Cemetery (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
- ^ "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 (June 16, 2016). "Historic asylums and sanitariums of Northern California". SFGATE. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
- ^ Nolte, Carl (November 25, 2006). "San Francisco: Merchant seamen forgotten in death, Mariners' cemetery buried in debris, used as parking lot". SFGATE. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
- ^ "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 February 17, 2023.
- ^ "Cemeteries of the Counties of San Francisco and San Mateo". San Francisco Genealogy. Retrieved February 10, 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 March 3, 2018.
- ^ 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 March 22, 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.