About Holy Cross Cemetery
Holy Cross Cemetery is a cemetery near West Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California. It was established in 1850. The grounds sit at about 108 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Robert Carver North. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2124403. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oakwood Community Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Menlo Park Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Menlo Park, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 32 cemeteries we list in San Mateo County, and 4 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. It is the oldest recorded cemetery in San Mateo County. 11 of the 32 listings in San Mateo County have a phone number or website on record.
Begun as Menlo Park's graveyard in the 1850s, these 10 acres were purchased by the Church of the Nativity in 1883. Many notable family members are buried here.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Menlo Park. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Holy Cross Cemetery
- Robert Carver North1914-2002Political scientist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Holy Cross 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
37.43389, -122.19722
What Holy Cross 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
- Oakwood Community CemeteryMenlo Park, CAChristian cemetery1.1 mi
- Union CemeteryRedwood City, CACemetery3.1 mi
- Alta Mesa CemeteryLos Altos, CACemetery4.5 mi
- Gates of Heaven CemeteryCupertino, CACatholic cemetery9.8 mi
- Skylawn Memorial ParkHighlands-Baywood Park, CAMemorial park10 mi
- Saint Johns CemeterySan Mateo, CACemetery11 mi
- Holy Spirit CemeteryFremont, CACatholic cemetery12 mi
- Our Lady of the Pillar Catholic CemeteryHalf Moon Bay, CACatholic cemetery13 mi
- Older Pet CemetarySaratoga, CAPet cemetery13 mi
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows CemeteryHalf Moon Bay, CACemetery13 mi
Funeral homes near Holy Cross Cemetery
- Menlo Park Funeral Home and Cremation Services0.7 miFuneral home · Menlo Park · (650) 329-8022
- Menlo Park Funeral Home and Cremation Services1.3 miFuneral home · Menlo Park · (650) 329-8022
- Crippen and Flynn Woodside Chapel2.4 miFuneral home · Redwood City · (650) 369-4103
- Redwood Chapel2.6 miFuneral home · Redwood City · (650) 369-5537
- Sinai Memorial Chapel2.7 miFuneral chapel · Redwood City · (650) 369-3636
- Bay Area Funeral Consumers Association2.8 miFuneral home · Palo Alto · (650) 321-2109
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