About Pioneer Cemetery
Pioneer Cemetery is a cemetery near Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California. It lies about 1.2 mi southeast of Watsonville. The grounds sit at about 85 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Annie Elisabeth Law, W. H. Weeks and George C. Cleveland. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1873117. The nearest other listed cemetery is Independent Order of Oddfellows Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Ave Maria Memorial Chapel in Watsonville, about 0.9 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, Watsonville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Pioneer Cemetery
Among them: 1 architect.
- Annie Elisabeth Law1842-1889British-American conchologist
- W. H. Weeks1864-1936American architect
- George C. Cleveland1874-1935American politician
- Francis Myers1813-1894
- Stephen Martinelli1843-1918Swiss-American cider manufacturer
- William C. Clark1869-1922American lawyer and California state legislator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Pioneer 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
36.92579, -121.76495
What Pioneer 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 CemeteryWatsonville, CACemetery0.2 mi
- Saint Francis CemeteryInterlaken, CACatholic cemetery1.6 mi
- Valley Public CemeteryInterlaken, CACemetery1.8 mi
- Pajaro Valley Memorial ParkInterlaken, CAMemorial park3.5 mi
- Day Valley CemeteryCorralitos, CACemetery6.8 mi
- Hambey CemeteryElkhorn, CACemetery7.7 mi
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel CemeteryAptos, CACemetery8.8 mi
- Calvary CemeteryAptos, CACemetery8.9 mi
- Castroville Moss Landing CemeteryCastroville, CACemetery9.2 mi
- Independent Order of Oddfellows CemeteryGilroy, CACemetery11 mi
Funeral homes near Pioneer Cemetery
- Ave Maria Memorial Chapel0.9 miFuneral chapel · Watsonville · (831) 724-4751
- Mehl's Colonial Chapel1.0 miFuneral home · Watsonville · (831) 724-6371
- Santa Cruz Watsonville Cremation and Burial Service12 miCremation provider · Soquel · (831) 200-8428
- Habing Family Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Gilroy · (408) 847-4040
- Oakwood Chapel13 miFuneral home · Santa Cruz · (831) 475-2464
- White's Mortuary13 miMortuary · Santa Cruz · (831) 423-4800
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