List of Nevada County Cemeteries

The following list contains many of the Nevada County Historic Cemeteries.

Note: (There could be others that have not been documented, so if you know of such a cemetery, please send the name of the cemetery, name of the family or person buried there, and the exact location, so it can be added to this listing and given to the Cemetery Board of Directors.)

Note: This is just a list of cemetery locations--no inventories of burials or tombstones are listed here. (For inventories see the above link to the rootsweb site or the link to the GenWeb Archives.

Exact locations of the cemeteries (shown below) are given (as near as possible) so that you can visit. (Since this is a very rural county, it might be best to contact the Cemetery District Office before attempting to visit (address and telephone number below).

Clear Creek Cemetery    Mc Courtney Road, Grass Valley

French Corral Cemetery    Pleasant Valley Road, French Corral

Graniteville Cemetery    Graniteville Road, Graniteville

Grass Valley Jewish Cemetery    2nd Street, Grass Valley

Indian Springs Cemetery    Indian Springs Road at Spenceville Road, Penn Valley

Loney Cemetery    Sandford Ranch, Mc Courtney Road, Grass Valley

Maidu Tribal Burying Grounds    Cement Hill Road & Garden Road, Nevada City

Masonic Cemetery    (part of the New Elm Ridge Cemetery) Bennett Street at Kidder Avenue Grass    Valley CA; the Masonic section is on the right as you drive into the cemetery,     and is well marked)

Meadow Lake Summit City Cemetery     Henness Pass Road and White Rock Road

Moores Flat Cemetery     Graniteville Rd at Morres Flat Road (hard to find - advise escort)

Nevada City Jewish Cemetery    King Hirem Way, Nevada City

Nevada County Cemetery     Willow Valley Road, Nevada City

North San Juan North Bloomfield Cemetery     Malakoff Diggins State Park

North San Juan Catholic Cemetery    State Hwy 49, North San Juan

Pioneer Cemetery    Top of East Broad St.,Nevada City. This is most likely the first cemetry in Nevada City

Omega Cemetery     Alpha Omega Road (off State Hwy 20)

Penn Valley Cemetery     Penn Valley Drive, Penn Valley

Pioneer Cemetery     (behind 433 Broad Street) Nevada City

Pleasant Valley Cemetery     Pleasant Valley Road at Bitney Springs Road

Protestant Cemetery     State Hwy 49 at Cemetery Road, North San Juan

Red Dog Cemetery     You Bet Road near Red Dog Road, Nevada City

Relief Hill Cemetery     Relief Hill Road (off Tyler Foote Road, past North Bloomfield Cemetery)

Rough and Ready Cemetery     Stagecoach Road, Rough and Ready

Sweetland Cemetery     Pleasant Valley Road at Sweetland Road

Tyler Foote Cherokee Township Cemetery     Tyler Foote Road

You Bet Cemetery     You Bet Road near Red Dog Road, Nevada City

Washington Cemetery     State Highway 20, town of Washington

Willow Valley Cemetery     (Old Nevada Co Hospital Cemetery), Lewis Road, Nevada City

 

Other Cemeteries & Memorial Parks

Forest View Cemetery, Red Dog Road, Nevada City

Greenwood Memorial Gardens, Rough and Ready Highway, Grass Valley.

New Elm Ridge Cemetery, Bennett Street to Kidder Avenue, Grass Valley.

Pine Grove Cemetery, Red Dog Road, Nevada City

Sierra Memorial Lawn, Hollow Way, Nevada City.

Cemetery District Office
and Maintenance Shop
10523 Willow Valley Rd
Nevada City CA 95959
Phone 530-265-3461