Historic Yorba Cemetery Woodgate Park Yorba Linda, CA 92886 (714) 973-3190 keyranch@ocparks.com
The mailing address for the Historic Yorba Cemetery is:
Historic Yorba Cemetery c/o George Key Ranch Historical Park 625 W. Bastanchury Rd. Placentia, CA. 92870
Yorba Cemetery Tours: 10 a.m.-11 a.m., first Saturday of each month, except May.
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.
Visiting
The cemetery is opened to the public on the first Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
UPDATED 10/01/20: In an effort to minimize the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19) on park patrons, staff, and the Orange County community at large, and consistent with the guidance provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Governor’s office, the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the Orange County Health Care Agency (HCA), OC Parks are operating in the following manner.
The clocks fall back early Sunday, Nov. 1, marking the end of daylight-saving time and OC Parks’ spring-summer operating schedule. Most regional parks close at 6 p.m. for the fall and winter, and wilderness parks close at sunset. Make sure to check our COVID-19 information page for modified operations at some parks.
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