Mt. Eden Cemetery is a
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
in
Hayward, California
Hayward () is a city located in Alameda County, California in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of 162,954 as of 2020, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the Bay Area and the third largest in Alameda Coun ...
, in the area formerly called
"Mt. Eden". The site was first established in 1860 as a
pioneer cemetery
In the United States, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere, a pioneer cemetery is a cemetery that is the burial place for pioneers. American pioneers founded such cemeteries during territorial expansion of the United States, with founding dates span ...
. It is still in use.
As of 2005, there were over 2,800 records (gravesites).
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References
External links
Mt. Eden Cemetery history
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* {{GNIS, 229144, Mount Eden Cemetery
Cemeteries in Hayward, California
1860 establishments in California