About Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery is a cemetery near Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California. The grounds sit at about 75 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Lucien Heath, Arthur A. Taylor and Lillian Dake Heath. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 223295. The nearest other listed cemetery is Independent Order of Oddfellows Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Benito & Azzaro Pacific Gardens Chapel in Santa Cruz, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 16 cemeteries we list in Santa Cruz County, and 8 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Santa Cruz. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Evergreen Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist, 1 journalist, 1 writer.
- Lucien Heath1819-1888American politician
- Arthur A. Taylor1849-1923American newspaper publisher
- Lillian Dake Heath1864-1961American painter
- W. D. Storey1830-1914English-born American lawyer, district attorney
- William Blackburn1814-1867Alcalde of Santa Cruz
People whose Wikidata entry gives Evergreen 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
36.98106, -122.03496
What Evergreen 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
- Independent Order of Oddfellows CemeterySanta Cruz, CACemetery0.6 mi
- Home of Peace CemeterySanta Cruz, CAJewish cemetery1.3 mi
- Old Holy Cross CemeteryLive Oak, CACemetery2.3 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryLive Oak, CACemetery2.4 mi
- Santa Cruz Memorial CemeteryLive Oak, CACemetery2.8 mi
- Soquel CemeterySoquel, CACemetery4.5 mi
- Calvary CemeteryAptos, CACemetery6.9 mi
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel CemeteryAptos, CACemetery6.9 mi
- Day Valley CemeteryCorralitos, CACemetery10 mi
- IOOF CemeteryBoulder Creek, CACemetery11 mi
Funeral homes near Evergreen Cemetery
- Benito & Azzaro Pacific Gardens Chapel1.3 miFuneral home · Santa Cruz · (831) 205-7330
- Oakwood Chapel2.9 miFuneral home · Santa Cruz · (831) 475-2464
- White's Mortuary2.9 miMortuary · Santa Cruz · (831) 423-4800
- Santa Cruz Watsonville Cremation and Burial Service4.5 miCremation provider · Soquel · (831) 200-8428
- Ave Maria Memorial Chapel16 miFuneral chapel · Watsonville · (831) 724-4751
- Mehl's Colonial Chapel16 miFuneral home · Watsonville · (831) 724-6371
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