Kern County Cemeteries

Bakersfield

Arvin Cemetery (South Kern Cemetery District) (A-E)
Arvin Cemetery (South Kern Cemetery District) (F-L)
Arvin Cemetery (South Kern Cemetery District) (M-R)
Arvin Cemetery (South Kern Cemetery District) (S-Z)
15543 S. Vineland Rd.
Bakersfield, CA 93307-9283
Phone: [661]-845-2540

Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary
2739 Panama Ln
Bakersfield, CA 93313-3721
Phone: [661]-834-8820
[G.M.P.C. Records, Bakersfield. No publisher listed, 1995. Typescript. FHL film 0874350:3]

Hillcrest Memorial Park
9101 Kern Canyon Rd.
Bakersfield, CA 93306-5022
Phone: [661]-366-5766

Union Cemetery Association
S. King & Potomac Ave
Bakersfield, CA 93307
Phone: [661]-324-9648
    [Records available from 1876
Kern-Gen Quarterly 19:3 (1982) 1904-5 A-Z
19:4 (1982) 1905-7 A-Z
20:1 (1983) 1907-10 A-H
20:2 (1083) 1907-10 H-Y
20:3 (1983) 1910-14 A-G
20:4 (1983) 1910-14 G-P
21:1 (1984) 1910-14 P-Z
21:2 (1984) 1915 A-Z]
    [Kern County Gen. Society; Kern County Cemeteries: Union Cemetery Sexton Records, Bakersfield, CA; Vol 1 Part 1 1878-1882; Vol 1 Part 2 1883-1904; Bakersfield, CA, Kern County Gen Soc., 1967]
    [LDS Church, CA Mission; Cemetery Records of CA Vol 6, Salt Lake City: Gen. Soc of Utah, 1960; Typescript. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City; FHL film 874075]

Veterans Section of Union Cemetery (.pdf format)
This information (headstone transcriptions) was provided by a young Eagle Scout in the Bakersfield, CA area. If you need the Adobe Reader to read this link, click here: Get Adobe Reader

California City

California City Memorial Park
[see East Kern Cemetery District.]

Cummings Valley

Cove Cemetery
Cummings Valley, CA
    [CA Cem. Records Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah
1968, 1986 - FHL Films 0564338:1: 1421677:1]
    [DAR, CA., Gen. Rec. Com. Vital Records from Cemeteries in Southern California; Vol 2 no publisher listed, DAR, 1934.
Typescript available at CA. State Library, Sacramento or Sutro Branch in San Francisco; FHL film # 0558288; 0844409]
    [Pompey, Sherman L. Burials in Some Small Abandoned Cemeteries; Bakersfield, CA Historical and Genealogical Publishing Co., no date; FHL Films 0323651; 1421847:5]

Cummings Valley Cemetery
Cummings Valley, CA
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 4:2-3 (Jun 1967); 5:3 (1967)]

Delano

North Kern Cemetery Dist
627 Austin St.
Delano, CA 93215-3200
Phone: [661]-725-8412

Grapevine Canyon

Indian Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 4:2-3 (Jun 1967)]

Kernville/Wofford Heights

Kernville (Kern River Valley) Cemetery
8405 Wofford Heights Blvd.
Wofford Heights, CA
Phone: [661]- -
[Kern River Valley Cemetery District Records -Salt Lake City: Gen. Society of Utah, 1988; FHL film 1421865:6]
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 7:1 (Mar 1970); 7:2 (Mar 1970); 7:3 (Sep 1970) additions]

Mojave

East Kern Cemetery Dist
2040 Belshaw St.
Mojave, CA 93501-1643
Phone: [661]-824-2401
[Have accurate records back to 1972, some records back to 1897. Covers communities of Mojave, Boron, Cantil, some Rosamond]

Onyx

Cottage Grove Cemetery
Onyx, CA
[Orange Co. Gen. Soc Quarterly 12:1 (Mar 1975)
Searcher 11:2 (1972)----Online transctiption availble]

Randsburg

Golar Cemetery
near Ransburg, Calif.

Rand Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 14:2 (1977)]

Ridgecrest

Desert Memorial Park
216 S. Norma St.
Ridgecrest, CA 93555-4005
Phone: [760]-375-8814
[Transcription is online]

Sand Canyon

Indian Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 4:2-3 (Jun 1967)]

Shafter

Shafter Cemetery
18662 Santa Fe Way
Shafter, CA 93263
Phone: [661]-746-3921

Taft

Taft (Westside District) Cemetery
26910 E. Cedar St.
Taft, CA 93268-9632
Phone: [661]-765-4505
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 6:2 (June 1969)

6:4 (Dec 1969)
7:1 (Mar 1970)]

Midway Cemetery
25 Hill St.
Taft, CA
[south end of Lierly street]

Erickson & Brown Funeral Home Records (Taft, CA)

Tahachapi

Tehachapi Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 1:2 (Sep 1964)]

Wasco

Wasco Cemetery
300 Leonard Ave.
Wasco, CA 93280-9525
Phone: [661]-758-2376
[The Kern Co Cemetery District is in the process of putting their database online!]

Woody

Blue Mountain Cemetery
Woody, CA

Miscellaneous Kern County Cemeteries

Angel of Union Cemetery
[Historic Kern 30:1 (Mar 1981)]

Blue Mountain Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 5:2 (Jun 1968)]

Engle Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 5:2 (Jun 1968)]

F.C. Record Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 5:2 (Jun 1968); 7:3 (Sep 1970) additions]

Famosa Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 5:2 (Jun 1968)]

Graves in Desert
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 21:3 (1984)]

Havilah Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 17:3 (1980)]

Home of Peace/Jewish Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 6:2 (June 1969)]

Keysville Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 17:3 (1980)]

Long Tom Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 5:2 (Jun 1968)]

Oak Grove Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 5:4 (Dec 1968) A-C

6:1 (Mar 1969) C-H
6:2 (Jun 1969) H-V
6:3 (Sep 1969) W-Z]

Rankin Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 17:2 (1980)]

Sheilds Cemetery
[Ash Tree Echo 6:1 (Jan 1971)]

Shirley Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 6:3 (1969)]

Willow Springs Cemetery
[Kern-Gen Quarterly 1:2 (Sep 1964)]