Nevada County Cemeteries

Date: 1849 [unknown]
Location: Nevada County, California, United States
Surname/tag: Cemetery

There are 63 cemeteries in Nevada County;

• Hooper and Weaver Mortuary owns and runs 5 Cemeteries,
• Truckee Cemetery District runs 2,
• Nevada County Cemetery District maintains 24
• There are 32 privately owned cemeteries.

Hooper and Weaver Mortuary

• Sierra Memorial Lawn Cemetery Nevada City, California
• Greenwood Memorial Cemetery, Grass Valley, California
• New Elm Ridge Cemetery Kidder Street, Grass Valley
• Forest View Cemetery 10580 Red Dog Rd, Nevada City
• Pine Grove Cemetery 10580 Red Dog Rd Nevada City

Truckee Cemetery District

Truckee Cemetery District maintains 2 Cemeteries,

• Sierra Mountain Cemetery 10370 E Jibboom St, Truckee
• Old Truckee Cemetery known as the Catholic Cemetery. 10370 E Jibboom St, Truckee

Nevada County Cemetery District

Nevada County Cemetery District Maintains;

• 2 Lawn Cemeteries
• 12 Natural HIstoric Cemeteries
• 7 Inactive Historic Cemeteries
• 3 Green Burial Locations

Lawn Cemeteries

• Deer Creek Cemetery-10580 Red Dog Road, Nevada City
• Elster Cemetery 20550- McCourtney Road, Grass Valley

Natural Historic Cemeteries

• Loney-Sanford Cemetery
• Clear Creek Cemetery
• Indian Springs Cemetery
• Penn Valley Cemetery
• Rough&Ready Cemetery
• Cherokee Township Cemetery
• North Bloomfield Cemetery
• North San Juan Protestant Cemetery
• North San Juan Catholic Cemetery
• Sweetland Cemetery
• Washington Cemetery
• Graniteville Cemetery

Inactive Historic Cemeteries

• Nevada City County Hospital Cemetery
• Relief Hill Cemetery
• Omega Cemetery
• Nevada City County Hospital Cemetery
• Historic Nevada County Cemetery
• Moores Flat Cemetery
• Meadow Lake Cemetery
• Brooklyn Lodge Cemetery and Old Odd Fellows

Green Burial Locations(also on the Natural Historic Cem. list)

• Rough and Ready Cemetery, Rough and Ready, California
• Cherokee Township Cemetery, Cherokee, California
• Red Dog Cemetery

Privately Owned Cemeteries and Family Burial Plots

• Belle Haven Farm Family Cemetery, Pinecrest, California
• Boca Cemetery, Boca, California
• Brickelltown Cemetery, Truckee, California
• Chinese Cemetery
• Church Family Grave Site
• Crystal Hermitage Moksha Mandir
• Cunningham Cemetery
• Donner Memorial State Park, Truckee, California
• Forest View Cemetery
• Historic Nevada County Cemetery
• Julius Apperson Gravesite
• Kneebone Cemetery
• Lawrence Family Cemetery
• Lehr Family Cemetery
• Maidu Tribal Burial Grounds
• Nevada City Jewish Cemetery
• Odd Fellows and Masonic Cemetery
• Old Elm Ridge Cemetery
• Old Grass Valley City Cemetery
• Old Saint Patricks Cemetery
• Pioneer Cemetery-2
• Red Men Cemetery
• Round Mountain Gravesite
• Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery
• Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery-1
• Schaffer Family Cemetery
• Shaar Zedek Pioneer Jewish Cemetery, Grass Valley, California
• Sierra Mountains Cemetery
• Spenceville Ranch Cemetery
• St. Canice Cemetery
• Stockdale Family Cemetery
• Waite Family Cemetery
• Washington Cemetery
• You Bet Cemetery

Full List

1. Belle Haven Farm Family Cemetery
2. Boca Cemetery
3. Brickelltown Cemetery
4. Brooklyn Lodge Cemetery  and Old Odd Fellows
5. Catholic Cemetery or Old Truckee Cemetery
6. Cherokee Cemetery (Tyler Foote Cemetery)
7. Chinese Cemetery
8. Church Family Grave Site
9. Clear Creek Cemetery
10. Crystal Hermitage Moksha Mandir
11. Cunningham Cemetery
12. Deer Creek Cemetery also known as Nevada City New Odd Fellows Cemetery
13. Donner Memorial State Park
14. Elster Memorial Lawn
15. Fall Creek. Camp Spaulding
16. Forest View Cemetery
17. Forester's Cemetery
18. French Corral Cemetery
19. Graniteville Cemetery
20. Greenwood Memorial
21. Historic Nevada County Cemetery
22. Indian Springs Cemetery
23. Julius Apperson Gravesite
24. Kneebone Cemetery
25. Lawrence Family Cemetery
26. Lehr Family Cemetery
27. Loney-Sanford Cemetery
28. Maidu Tribal Burial Grounds
29. Meadow Lake Cemetery
30. Moores Flat Cemetery
31. Nevada City County Hospital Cemetery
32. Nevada City Jewish Cemetery
33. New Elm Ridge
34. North Bloomfield Cemetery
35. North San Juan Catholic Cemetery
36. North San Juan Protestant Cemetery
37. Odd Fellows And Masonic Cemetery- GV
38. Old Elm Ridge Cemetery
39. Old Grass Valley City Cemetery
40. Old Saint Patricks Cemetery
41. Omega Cemetery
42. Penn Valley Cemetery
43. Pine Grove Cemetery
44. Pioneer Cemetery
45. Pleasant Valley Cemetery
46. Red Dog Cemetery
47. Red Men Cemetery(not on list)
48. Relief Hill Cemetery
49. Rough & Ready Cemetery
50. Round Mountain(not on list
51. Saint Patricks Catholic
52. Saint Pauls Luteran Cemetry
53. Schaffer Cemetery - Truckee
54. Share Zedek Jewish Cemetery
55. Sierra Memorial Lawn Cemetery
56. Sierra Mountain Cemetery
57. Spenceville Ranch
58. St Canice Catholic
59. Stockdale Family
60. Sweetland Cemetery
61. Waite Family Cemetery
62. Washington Cemetery
63. YouBet Cemetery

LINKS

Historic Cemeteries of Nevada County Thousands of gravestone photographs from historic cemeteries in Nevada County, California. An remarkable collection of photos, cemetery lists transcribled from the index cards at the Foley Library in Nevada City and years of research. This remarkable website is scheduled to be "read only " in 2024 and has not been updated since 2004. The owner/webmaster is unreachable - I've tried.

Find A Grave list of 65 Cemeteries in Nevada County