About Merced Cemetery
Merced Cemetery is a cemetery near Merced, Merced County, California. It lies about 1.0 mi northwest of Merced. The grounds sit at about 171 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Steven Stayner, Rowena Granice Steele and Andrew Jackson Gaylor. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 233858. The nearest other listed cemetery is Evergreen Memorial Park, about 0.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Evergreen Funeral home and Memorial park in Merced, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 16 cemeteries we list in Merced County, and 4 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 16 listings in Merced County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Merced. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Merced Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 journalist, 1 writer.
- Steven Stayner1965-1989American child kidnapping victim
- Rowena Granice Steele1824-1901American actress, journalist, author, publisher
- Andrew Jackson Gaylor1849-1921Yosemite National Park ranger (1849-1921); eponym of Gaylor Lakes
People whose Wikidata entry gives Merced 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
37.29067, -120.47067
What Merced 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
- Evergreen Memorial ParkMerced, CAMemorial park0.2 mi
- Calvary Catholic CemeteryMerced, CACatholic cemetery0.9 mi
- Calvary CemeteryMerced, CACemetery0.9 mi
- Plains CemeteryPlanada, CACemetery8.6 mi
- Winton CemeteryWinton, CACemetery11 mi
- Helm - Turner CemeteryLe Grand, CACemetery11 mi
- Hopeton CemeteryWinton, CACemetery14 mi
Funeral homes near Merced Cemetery
- Evergreen Funeral home and Memorial park0.2 miFuneral home · Merced · (209) 383-4651
- Stratford Evans Merced Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Merced · (209) 722-4191
- Merced Monuments0.2 miMonument dealer · Merced · (209) 383-2325
- Gateway Memorials Inc.0.5 miMonument dealer · Merced · (209) 723-0188
- Wilson Family Funeral Chapel1.2 miFuneral chapel · Merced · (209) 726-4411
- Whitton Family Funeral Service1.3 miFuneral home · Merced · (209) 384-1119
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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