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Golden Gate Cemetery (Defunct)

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Memorials	:	604
Location	:	San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.7851990, -122.5013850
Description	:	Golden Gate Cemetery was established in 1868 and the remains of several cemeteries were moved here. It became Lincoln Park in 1909. But many were left behind and their markers removed and recycled. There is no way to tell what went where, but, there is documentation pointing to seawalls or break-waters being constructed at the Aquatic Park and Marina Green as well as bedding for the Great Highway at Ocean Beach and landfill on the northern slopes of Lands End, just over the side of the old Golden Gate City Cemetery. According to the San Francisco Municipal Reports, June 30, 1893,... Read More	Golden Gate Cemetery was established in 1868 and the remains of several cemeteries were moved here. It became Lincoln Park in 1909. But many were left behind and their markers removed and recycled. There is no way to tell what went where, but, there is documentation pointing to seawalls or break-waters being constructed at the Aquatic Park and Marina Green as well as bedding for the Great Highway at Ocean Beach and landfill on the northern slopes of Lands End, just over the side of the old Golden Gate City Cemetery. According to the San Francisco Municipal Reports, June 30, 1893, the area for this cemetery was reserved in 1868. The first interment was on July 3, 1870. On May 10, 1887, the interments included: 267 Pioneer dead from Yerba Buena Cemetery, 6,454 Indigent dead, 980 from Associations and Societies and 4,070 Chinese. The cemeteries moved here included: Beth Olam (Jewish), Caledonian, Chinese (6), Colored Masons, French Benevolent, German Benevolent, Grand Army of the Republic, Greco-Rusian, Italian, Japanese, Knights of Pythias (German), Master Mariners, Old Friends, Potter's Field, [Independent Order of] Red Men, Rusian, Salem, Scandinavian, Seamen's, Slavonic-Illyric, and St. Andrew's. In 1893, the interments included 11,000 indigent and 7,000 for association and societies. On December 20, 1891, six hundred ninety six (696) bodies were moved from Golden Gate Cemetery in San Francisco to Salem Memorial Park in Colma. This is a Jewish Cemetery. In 1899, eight thousand (8,000) bodies were moved to the Italian Cemetery in Colma from Golden Gate Cemetery (also known as the City Cemetery). This cemetery area was located From Clement Street north to the water and from 33rd Street west to the water. Several smaller cemeteries were within these boundaries.

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Golden Gate Cemetery (Defunct) is located at 33rd Avenue and Clement San Francisco, San Francisco County ,California ,USA.
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603 memorials
Where are the coordinates of the Golden Gate Cemetery (Defunct)?
Latitude: 37.7851990
Longitude: -122.5013850

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Beth Olam Cemetery (Defunct)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7840450, -122.4987420

2. Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery (Defunct)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7819420, -122.4994290

3. Caledonian Cemetery (Defunct)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7857070, -122.4958030

4. French Benevolent Cemetery (Defunct)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7849610, -122.4947080

5. German Benevolent Cemetery (Defunct)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7828920, -122.4945580

6. Holy Virgin Cathedral Sepulchre
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7804360, -122.4862370

7. World War II West Coast Memorial
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7941742, -122.4653168

8. Presidio of San Francisco Pet Cemetery
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8025490, -122.4671960

9. Chinese Cemetery
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7854530, -122.4589380

10. San Francisco National Cemetery
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8011208, -122.4617462

11. San Francisco Columbarium
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7806587, -122.4570694

12. Odd Fellows Cemetery (Defunct)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7791100, -122.4564240

13. Greco Russian Cemetery
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7774110, -122.4542260

14. Calvary Cemetery (Defunct)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7799580, -122.4513390

15. Laurel Hill Cemetery (Defunct)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7841300, -122.4508670

16. Masonic Cemetery
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7767020, -122.4503950

17. Saint Mary's Columbarium
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7965330, -122.4376000

18. Saint Dominics Catholic Church Columbarium
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7870300, -122.4355000

19. Mission Dolores Cemetery
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7596359, -122.4366150

20. Hartford Street Zen Center Garden
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7615830, -122.4338080

21. Saint Francis Lutheran Church Memorial Terrace
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7685290, -122.4293100

22. Hebrew Cemetery (Defunct)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7959320, -122.4261060

23. First Unitarian Universalist Church Grounds
San Francisco, San Francisco County, USA
Coordinate: 37.7852859, -122.4231339

24. Sailors Cemetery
Sausalito, Marin County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8442390, -122.4774770

Golden Gate Cemetery (Defunct)

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