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[Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose Cemetery Google Maps] 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
Amador County Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Jackson
Calaveras County Mokelumne Hill Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Mokelumne Hill Pioneer Cemetery (San Andreas, California)
Colusa County
Contra Costa County Oakmont Memorial Park, Pleasant Hill Rolling Hills Memorial Park, Richmond Rose Hill Cemetery, Antioch; part of the Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve
Del Norte County
El Dorado County Placerville Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Placerville Placerville Union Cemetery, Placerville
Fresno County Ararat Cemetery, Fresno Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno
Glenn County
Humboldt County Sunset Memorial Park, Eureka Greenwood Cemetery, Arcata
Imperial County
Inyo County Manzanar Cemetery, Manzanar
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)
Los Angeles County All Souls Cemetery (Long Beach, California) Angeles Abbey Memorial Park, Compton Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles Artesia Cemetery, Cerritos 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 Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach 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 Spadra Cemetery, Pomona 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
Mariposa County St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rectory and Cemetery, Mariposa Yosemite Cemetery, Yosemite Village
Marin County Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael Tomales Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, Tomales
Mendocino County
Modoc County
Mono County
Monterey County Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California San Carlos Cemetery (Monterey, California)
Napa County St. Helena Public Cemetery, St. Helena Tulocay Cemetery, Napa
Nevada County Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery (or Shaar Zedek), Grass Valley Nevada City Jewish Cemetery, Nevada City Pioneer Cemetery (Nevada City, California) Red Dog Cemetery, Red Dog, California.
Orange County Anaheim Cemetery, Anaheim Christ Cathedral Memorial Gardens, Garden Grove Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana Mission San Juan Capistrano Cemetery, San Juan Capistrano Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar Yorba Cemetery, Yorba Linda
Placer County Colfax District Cemetery, Colfax Rocklin Cemetery, Rocklin
Plumas County Big Flat Cemetery, Seneca Taylorsville Cemetery, Taylorsville Whispering Pines Cemetery, Beckwourth
Riverside County
Sacramento County Chevra Kaddisha Cemetery, Sacramento; listed as a California Historical Landmark, first Jewish cemetery in the state (now defunct). 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
San Bernardino County
San Diego County
San Francisco County Golden Gate Cemetery (San Francisco), 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 National Cemetery 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 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, Cambria
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 Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara
Santa Clara County Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto Stanford Mausoleum, Stanford University 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 Evergreen Cemetery (Santa Cruz, California) Oakwood Memorial Park (Santa Cruz, California) Santa Cruz Memorial Park, Santa Cruz Home of Peace Cemetery (Santa Cruz, California)
Shasta County Jewish Cemetery, Shasta
Sierra County
Siskiyou County
Solano County Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, 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 Smith Mountain Cemetery (Alta Cemetery District), Dinuba
Tuolumne County Sonora Hebrew Cemetery, Sonora
Ventura County Bardsdale Cemetery, BardsdaleSmith, 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 Conejo Mountain Funeral Home, Memorial Park and Crematory, Camarillo Hueneme Masonic Cemetery, OxnardRitsch, Massie "Volunteers Restore History at Cemetery" Los Angeles Times 13 June 1999. Accessed 14 December 2013 Mount Sinai Simi Valley, Simi Valley Nordhoff Cemetery, OjaiBoyd-Barrett, Claudia "Wreaths at Nordhoff Cemetery in Ojai remember those who served" Ventura County Star 14 December 2013. Accessed 14 December 2013 Oxnard Japanese Cemetery, OxnardSoteros-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 Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley Santa Paula Cemetery, Santa Paula Simi Valley Public Cemetery, includes El Rancho Simi Pioneer Cemetery, Simi ValleyMarsh, Carissa "Governor signs bill allowing Simi to build new cemetery" Simi Valley Acorn 18 July 2008. Accessed 14 December 2013McCartney, Patrick "Simi Valley : County Backs State Status for Cemetery" Los Angeles Times 16 April 1992. Accessed 14 December 2013Wilson, Kathleen "Cemetery trustees want to find out where bodies are buried" Ventura County Star 12 December 2013. Accessed 15 December 2013
Yolo County Davis Cemetery and Arboretum, Davis
Yuba County Marysville Cemetery, Marysville Marysville Hebrew Cemetery, Marysville
See also List of cemeteries in the United States Pioneer cemetery
References
External links California Cemetery Records at Interment.net website El Dorado County Pioneer Cemeteries Commission website California Cemeteries list from U. S. Geological Survey