Yorba Cemetery

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Yorba Cemetery
Details
Year established 1858
Location Yorba Linda, California
Country United States
Coordinates 33°51′52″N 117°47′00″W / 33.86444°N 117.78333°W / 33.86444; -117.78333Coordinates: 33°51′52″N 117°47′00″W / 33.86444°N 117.78333°W / 33.86444; -117.78333
Type Public
Owned by County of Orange
Size 40,000 ft²
Number of graves Over 400

Yorba Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Yorba Linda, California. It was deeded to the County of Orange in 1967.[1]

In 1858 the hundred square foot plot of land was willed to the Catholic Church by Bernardo Yorba, as a burial ground to server Yorba's family and friends well into 1930's. There also is old Native burial ground north of the Cemetery

See also

References

  1. "Historic Yorba Cemetery". OC Parks. Retrieved 9 October 2013. 
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