Santa Barbara Cemetery is a cemetery located at 901 Channel Drive in

Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara ( es, Santa Bárbara, meaning "Saint Barbara") is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat. Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coas ...

. Founded in 1867, it serves as a

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cemetery.

Notable interments

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