Yorba Cemetery Woodgate Park Yorba Linda, CA 92886 (714)973-3190 or (714)973-3191 keyranch@ocparks.com
The mailing address for the Yorba Cemetery is:
Historic Yorba Cemetery c/o George Key Ranch Historical Park 625 W. Bastanchury Rd. Placentia, CA. 92870
2012 Yorba Cemetery Tours: 11 a.m.-12 p.m., first Saturday January - December
Additional tour dates may be scheduled by reservation. Please call (714) 973-3190 for more information.
Located in the neighborhood Woodgate Park, the Yorba Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Orange County. The cemetery was established on land originally part of Bernardo Yorba’s 13,000 acre Rancho Cañon de Santa Ana, the Canyon of Saint Anne, granted to him in 1834. After his death in 1858, Bernardo’s will deeded property to the Catholic Church containing the San Antonio Chapel and the cemetery. Residents of the Santa Ana Canyon, many of them descendants of pioneering rancho-era families, were buried at this cemetery from 1860 till the cemetery’s closure in 1939. Today, the Yorba Cemetery is a historical site operated by Orange County Parks.
Tours are available on the first Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.. To check tour status, call the phone number listed below on the fourth Thursday of each month. For tour information call (714) 973-3190.
Visiting
The cemetery is opened to the public for tours on the first Saturday of each month from 11:00am to 12:00pm. Programs are free, but a $2.00 per person donation is appreciated.
