About Tulare Cemetery
Tulare Cemetery is a cemetery near Tulare, Tulare County, California. It lies about 0.8 mi west of Tulare. The grounds sit at about 292 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Bob Mathias, Alfred James Elliott and Tex Rankin. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 250663. The nearest other listed cemetery is North Tulare Public Cemetery, about 3.5 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Angels Cremation Service in Tulare, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 25 cemeteries we list in Tulare County, and 2 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 25 listings in Tulare County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Tulare. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Tulare Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 actor, 1 baseball player.
- Bob Mathias1930-2006American athlete and congressman
- Alfred James Elliott1895-1973American politician
- Tex Rankin1894-1947Aviator
- Vic Lombardi1922-1997American baseball player
- Donald Gene Turnupseed1932-1995Driver of the car that killed James Dean
- Leo Halliwell1891-1967American civil servant
- Thomas Hinckley Thompson1841-1915American publisher
- Walter Fry1859-1941Sequoia National Park ranger
People whose Wikidata entry gives Tulare 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
36.20578, -119.33289
What Tulare 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
- North Tulare Public CemeteryTulare, CACemetery3.5 mi
- Visalia Cemetery1300 West Goshen Avenue, Visalia, CACemetery9.2 mi
- Tipton CemeteryTipton, CACemetery11 mi
- Deep Creek CemeteryFarmersville, CACemetery11 mi
- Corcoran Memorial ParkCorcoran, CAMemorial park13 mi
- Elbow Creek CemeteryPatterson Tract, CACemetery13 mi
- Exeter District Cemetery719 East Marinette Avenue, Exeter, CACemetery13 mi
- Lone Oak CemeteryIvanhoe, CACemetery14 mi
- Olive CemeteryLindsay, CACemetery14 mi
- Lakeside CemeteryHanford, CACemetery15 mi
Funeral homes near Tulare Cemetery
- Tulare Tombstones & Memorials0.5 miMonument dealer · Tulare · (559) 686-8002
- Angels Cremation Service0.8 miCremation provider · Tulare · (559) 900-2469
- Barnes Memorials0.8 miMonument dealer · Tulare · (559) 686-6357
- Sterling & Smith Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Tulare · (559) 684-9304
- Peers Lorentzen Funeral Services0.9 miFuneral home · Tulare · (559) 686-4772
- Miller's Tulare Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Tulare · (559) 686-3316
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