About Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
Greenwood Memorial Cemetery is a cemetery near Grass Valley, Nevada County, California. It lies about 0.8 mi southeast of Grass Valley. The grounds sit at about 2,592 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: John Rollin Ridge. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 224597. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Chapel of the Angels Mortuary & Crematory in Grass Valley, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 39 cemeteries we list in Nevada County, and 26 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Grass Valley. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
Among them: 1 journalist, 1 writer.
- John Rollin Ridge1827-1867Cherokee novelist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood Memorial Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
39.22440, -121.07515
What Greenwood Memorial Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Saint Patrick Catholic CemeteryGrass Valley, CACatholic cemetery0.1 mi
- Old Saint Patrick's Catholic CemeteryGrass Valley, CACatholic cemetery0.8 mi
- Old Grass Valley City CemeteryGrass Valley, CAMunicipal cemetery1.2 mi
- New Elm Ridge CemeteryGrass Valley, CACemetery1.3 mi
- Rough and Ready CemeteryGrass Valley, CACemetery3.3 mi
- Nevada City Jewish CemeteryNevada City, CAJewish cemetery3.5 mi
- Pioneer CemeteryNevada City, CACemetery4.0 mi
- Saint Canice Catholic CemeteryNevada City, CACatholic cemetery4.0 mi
- Maidu Tribal Burying Grounds CemeteryNevada City, CACemetery4.2 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryNevada City, CACemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
- Chapel of the Angels Mortuary & Crematory1.2 miCremation provider · Grass Valley · (530) 273-2446
- Hooper and Weaver Mortuary3.4 miMortuary · Nevada City · (530) 265-2429
- Calvary Chapel19 miFuneral home · Foresthill · (530) 367-3555
- Lassila Funeral Chapels22 miFuneral home · Auburn · (530) 885-6271
- Sierra Foothills Funeral Services22 miFuneral home · Auburn · (530) 889-0767
- Chapel of the Hills23 miFuneral chapel · Auburn · (530) 885-3773
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