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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.
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 are included. The list is for notable cemeteries and is not an attempt to list all the cemeteries in the United States.
Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum is a historic cemetery in Altadena, California, United States. Established in 1882, it contains over 70,000 burials in its approximately 60 acres (24 ha), [1] including Pasadena's pioneering families and California statesmen and women. It also contains a section for Civil War burials.
The cemetery was established in 1874 when Senator Charles Maclay created the Township of San Fernando. The last burial was most likely in 1939. [2] It was known at the time as the San Fernando Cemetery and also as the Morningside Cemetery, and is the oldest non-denominational cemetery in the San Fernando Valley, [2] the area's oldest cemetery being the San Fernando Mission Cemetery, which ...
Archaeologists discovered an ancient graveyard with mostly children interred between 800 and 200 BC. With the remains of nearly 40 children, all under age 6, experts don’t know the reason behind ...
Includes the Jewish Home of Peace Cemetery, a.k.a. Mt. Sinai Memorial Park Lake Elsinore 33°41′39″N 117°20′34″W / 33.6941°N 117.3428°W / 33.6941; -117.3428 ( Elsinore Valley
Established during the Civil War, Arlington National Cemetery is one of the country's best-known cemeteries, as well as a national park and the resting place of more than 400,000 American veterans.
During excavations conducted in 2018 and an analysis of archival fieldwork, researchers identified an estimated 115 to 200 pits. Most were rectangular in shape with dimensions around 7 feet in ...