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  • Sacramento County, California

    Sacramento County was one of the original counties of California, which were created in 1850 at the time of statehood. The county was named after the Sacramento River, which forms its western border. The river was named by Spanish cavalry officer Gabriel Moraga for the Santisimo Sacramento (Most Holy Sacrament), referring to the Catholic Eucharist. Alexander Hamilton Willard, a member of the L...

  • St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Sacramento, California

    St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum is the largest Catholic cemetery in the Diocese of Sacramento County . It was established in 1928 and consecrated by Bishop Robert Armstrong in 1929. There are 70 acres of both developed and undeveloped land at the cemetery with the focal point being St. Mary's Mausoleum, a beautiful church-like structure built in 1934. St. Mary's is the last resting p...

  • The State Capital of California. Sacramento, California

    Sacramento (Spanish for 'sacrament') is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County . Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 population of 524,943 makes it the fourth-most populous city in Northern California, sixth-most populous city in the state, and the ninth-m...

  • Drexel University

    Wikipedia =Drexel University is a private research university with three campuses in Philadelphia and one in Sacramento, California. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a noted financier and philanthropist. As of 2015, more than 26,000 students are enrolled in over 70 undergraduate programs and more than 100 master's, doctoral, and professional programs at the university. Drexel's coop...

  • Fair Oaks Cemetery, Fair Oaks, California

    The Fair Oaks Cemetery is a Public Cemetery District, proving burial for all qualifying district residents and their families. We take great pride in our park like setting, with gently sloping hills, oak trees, and plants and shrubs. With the chirping of birds and gentle breezes, Fair Oaks Cemetery provides a serene and calm atmosphere for visiting loved ones in their final place of rest. Off...

  • East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, California

    The flagship of our cemeteries, East Lawn Memorial Park, boasts 100 years of history as the final resting place for people of all backgrounds and cultures, and remains a Sacramento landmark to this day. Phone: (916)-732-2000 Address: 4300 Folsom Boulevard Sacramento, CA 95819 Official Website East Lawn Memorial Park was once a country farm on the outskirts of Sacramento. When it opened f...

  • American River College

    Wikipedia =American River College (ARC) is a California community college located in the unincorporated community of Foothill Farms, California in northern Sacramento County, California. Notable Alumni

  • Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Sacramento, California

    Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum was established and dedicated in 1953, making it the second largest Catholic cemetery in Sacramento. It covers 40 acres of rolling hills and green lawns. It offers ground and above-ground burials, including family mausoleums, crypts, and niche columbariums. It is located on 7101 Verner Avenue, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California. Calvary Cemetery...

  • Camellia Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Sacramento, California

    The cemetery is located on 10221 Jackson Road, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California. Find a Grave Billion Graves

  • Sacramento County Veterans Memorial Cemetery

    Sacramento County Veterans Memorial Cemetery is a veteran's cemetery in Sacramento, California. Find a Grave page

  • Sylvan Cemetery, Citrus Heights, California

    This project is for those buried in Sylvan Cemetery, Citrus Heights, Sacramento, County, California. Citrus Heights sits on the border of Sacramento and Placer Counties. Land for the Sylvan Cemetery was donated in 1862 by early settler Daniel Lewis. It is the oldest cemetery in the county. The first person to be buried in the cemetery was James Horton who had originally come to the area seekin...

  • Sacramento Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Sacramento, California

    Sacramento Memorial Lawn Cemetery (also known as Sacramento Memorial Mausoleum ) was established in 1925 by Morris S. Daggett. In 1955 a funeral home and crematory were added. The cemetery serves all faiths and customs and has many distinctive gardens designed to honor these varied faiths/customs "with a serious emphasis on the Asian community." There are 35 acres of open lawns, and rolling hil...

  • Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park, Sacramento, California

    This project is for those interred in Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park, Sacramento, California. Located in Sacramento County, this memorial lawn was originally established in 1938 as Grant Memorial Lawn . A little over 20 years later in 1959, the memorial lawn became Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes. It is a full-service facility which has expanded to 94 acres. There are 7 mausol...

  • Sierra Hills Memorial Park, Sacramento, California

    This project is for those buried in Sierra Hills Memorial Park, Sacramento, California. Sierra Hills Memorial Park was established in 1957. It is also known as East Lawn Sierra Hills Memorial Park , a branch of the original East Lawn Memorial Park founded in Sacramento, California in 1904. Sierra Hills Memorial Park is located on Greenback Lane a short distance from I-80 and consists of 70 acr...

  • California State University, Sacramento

    Wikipedia =California State University, Sacramento (CSUS; Sacramento State, informally Sac State), founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, is a public comprehensive university in the city of Sacramento, the capital city of the U.S. state of California. It is the eleventh oldest school in the 23-campus California State University system. The university enrolls approximately 30,500 students ...

  • Sacramento County Cemetery (Potter's Field), California

    Sacramento County Cemetery was once called Potters' Field and was a contiguous plot of land next to St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. The land was originally managed by the County of Sacramento and between 1927-1961 at least 10,000 indigent persons were laid to rest there. In the 1970s the County of Sacramento and St. Mary's agreed that St. Mary's would take over the management of the indigent buri...

  • Sacramento City College

    Wikipedia Sacramento City College (SCC) is a two-year community college located in Sacramento, California. SCC is part of the Los Rios Community College District and had an enrollment of 25,307 in 2009. Sacramento City College is officially accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), offering Associate in Science (A.S) and Associate in Art (A.A.) degrees....