Lake County, California
	Cemeteries

LAKE COUNTY CEMETERIES AND BURIAL SITES This list is not complete. It has been complied as a start for researchers. As new information is found it will then be added to the this site. If anyone has additional information or pictures of the cemeteries or burial sites, the information would be most appreciated. Contact the webmaster.

• Lake County Cemetery Transcriptions published 1973

• Cemeteries at findagrave

• Cemeteries at California Tombstone Project
  

• Individual gravesites

• Barkerville Cemetery

• Bartlett Springs Cemetery (also known as Ruppert Cemetery) and Burial sites

• Catholic Cemeteries -
  Lakeport Catholic - Was located west of the present Catholic Church. The graves were moved to St. Mary’s cemetery. No listing of those buried at this site has been found.
  Lower Lake Catholic – (see Lower Lake Cemetery)
  St. Joseph’s – Middletown (see Middletown Cemetery)
  St. Mary's Catholic – Lakeport, Hwy 175 (1 mile from Hwy 29 & Hwy 175 intersection-Lakeport)-
  
  
  
  (Marcie Rosenzweig has started transcribing this)
  St. Peters Catholic – Private property (Kelseyville)

  Cobb Mt. Cemetery –see Glenbrook Cemetery

  Copsey or Copsey Creek Cemetery – see Herndon Cemetery

  Evergreen – (section of Middletown cemetery)

  Excelsior Valley – There was a graveyard in Excelsior Valley in an open field on the south edge of the present Vanoni pear orchard on the west bank of Copsey Creek. At the time, it was on the Noble Green ranch and Morse Copsey, who accidently shot himself at Twin Bridges is buried there. It was in use in the 1860s. It was kept up until the 1930s and then was leveled and obliterated by the owner. (Mauldin History, p. 2622, line 51)
  
  

  Glenbrook Cemetery – also known as Hoberg or Cobb Mt. Cemetery.
  (707) 928-5875 or (707) 245-3888
  

  Graveyard Ridge - It is thought that this was the original cemetery for Cobb Valley. In cleaning up under the brush on this ridge, the remains of a small, old cemetery were found. There were a few sunken depressions, as if the bodies had been removed, and a small picket enclosure. There are a few names that might have been buried in this burial ground.

  Gully Cemetery - was patented in 1872 by William Gully and passed through several hands before becoming part of Hartley Cemetery.

  Hartley Cemetery
  2552 Hill Rd E.
  Lakeport, CA 95453
  (707) 263-0910
  Was named for Henry Hare Hartley, an attorney, who would have been installed as grand master of Masonic Lodges in the state, but he died of a heart attack just before the Masonic lodge was founded here in the late 1860s.- Tombstones are being transcribed by Kathi Alvey.

  Herndon Cemetery, also know as Lower Lake Pioneer Cemetery, Copsey Cemetery, Copsey Creek Cemetery

  Hoberg Cemetery – see Glenbrook Cemetery

  Hullville - Gravelly Valley Cemetery

  Indian Knoll - Was located east of Kelseyville. Thought to be the first cemetery in county. 1st burial was a transient peddler, followed by several locals. When the cemetery on Renfro Drive, now known as Kelseyville Pioneer Cemetery, was established, burial at Indian Knoll stopped and a fence was put around the graves. In later years, the owner of the property tore down the fence and farmed over the graves.

  Kelseyville Cemetery - Also referred to as IOOF or Lupyoma
  (707) 279-1115
  

  Kelseyville Pioneer Cemetery

  Lakeport Cemetery - Was located on the north side of the west end of 4th Street in Lakeport. Remains were supposedly moved to Hartley Cemetery.

  Lower Lake Cemetery- (A small list printed in the Lower Lake Bulletin in 1882) Eric Pearson, Manager
  9040 Lake Street
  P. O. Box 1193
  Lower Lake, CA 95457
  (707) 994-7820

  Lower Lake Pioneer See Herndon Cemetery

  Lupyoma Cemetery – (see Kelseyville Cemetery)

  Magnolia – (section of Middletown Cemetery)

  Middletown Cemetery - Intersection of Hwy 53 and Butts Canyon Road

  Mary Hardesty
  Middletown Cemetery District
  Drawer "C"
  Middletown, CA 95461
  (707) 987-0511

  Mission Cemetery (Kelseyville) - Native American Cemetery on Private Property A list of those buried there is yet to be complied.

  Native American Burial Sites - Refer to the Lake County Museum or Lake County Historical Society for information

  Native American Cemeteries

  Cache Creek Rancheria

  Lower Lake Pomo Indian Cemetery - On Dam Road; inside a chain link fence,
  

  
  

  A sign, but no markers. Is this the one also known as Augustine's Place?

  Long Valley? - On old road to Long Valley, there was once an Indian Rancheria
  

  
  

  graveyard with about 50 graves. (Mauldin History, P. 7822, Line 29)

  Middletown?

  Coyote Valley -Baby Simon, female, Died May 25, 1911; Age 9 months, 1 day; Bronchopneumonia
  

  Mission Rancheria, Big Valley

  Robinson Rancheria

  Sugar Bowl?

  Sulphur Bank

  Upper Lake Rancheria

  Rabbit Hill – old cemetery site in Middletown. The remains were moved to Middletown Cemetery.

  St. Turibus Cemetery – see Mission Cemetery

  Upper Lake Cemetery
      780 Clover Valley Road
      Upper Lake, California
      (707) 275-9313
  Mailing address: P. O. Box 943
  - All of the Cemetery on the east side of the road is now online (This is the oldest part of the cemetery). Images will be added gradually.

  Other Burial Sites - (on private property)

  Arnold Knoll

  Augustine's Place

  Fees Ranch

  Gunter Ranch

  McIntire Ranch

  Scotts Valley

  Tocher Cemetery

  
  

  
  

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