About Soquel Cemetery
Soquel Cemetery is a cemetery near Soquel, Santa Cruz County, California. The grounds sit at about 85 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Ernest W. Adams and Lorenzo Thayer Hill. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1873080. The nearest other listed cemetery is Santa Cruz Memorial Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Santa Cruz Watsonville Cremation and Burial Service in Soquel, about 0.0 mi away. It is one of 16 cemeteries we list in Santa Cruz County, and 9 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Soquel. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Soquel Cemetery
- Ernest W. Adams1926-2009Philosopher
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
People whose Wikidata entry gives Soquel 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
36.99563, -121.95612
What Soquel 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
- Santa Cruz Memorial CemeteryLive Oak, CACemetery1.6 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryLive Oak, CACemetery2.1 mi
- Old Holy Cross CemeteryLive Oak, CACemetery2.3 mi
- Calvary CemeteryAptos, CACemetery2.8 mi
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel CemeteryAptos, CACemetery2.8 mi
- Independent Order of Oddfellows CemeterySanta Cruz, CACemetery4.0 mi
- Evergreen CemeterySanta Cruz, CACemetery4.5 mi
- Home of Peace CemeterySanta Cruz, CAJewish cemetery5.7 mi
- Day Valley CemeteryCorralitos, CACemetery5.8 mi
- Independent Order of Oddfellows CemeteryWatsonville, CACemetery11 mi
Funeral homes near Soquel Cemetery
- Santa Cruz Watsonville Cremation and Burial Service0.0 miCremation provider · Soquel · (831) 200-8428
- Oakwood Chapel1.6 miFuneral home · Santa Cruz · (831) 475-2464
- White's Mortuary1.6 miMortuary · Santa Cruz · (831) 423-4800
- Benito & Azzaro Pacific Gardens Chapel3.3 miFuneral home · Santa Cruz · (831) 205-7330
- Ave Maria Memorial Chapel12 miFuneral chapel · Watsonville · (831) 724-4751
- Mehl's Colonial Chapel12 miFuneral home · Watsonville · (831) 724-6371
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