Yavapai Cemeteries

Cemetery	Description/Location
Masonic Cemetery	The Masonic Cemetery is located in the city limits of Prescott on Carondolet Street in Township 14N, Range 2W, Section 33 of Prescott Quad. The first burial was in 1865 and it is still in use today.
Mass Burial	Prescott, 1912-1928
Masse Ranch Family Cemetery	Poland Junction, 1964-1988
Mausoleum – Mt. View	Prescott, no information
Mayer Cemetery	West of Mayer, 1907 to present.
McCabe Cemetery	McCabe, Arizona
Memorial Park Cemetery	Prescott, Arizona, no further information
Middle Verde Cemetery	The Middle Verde Cemetery is located about 2 miles west of I-17 off the Middle Verde Rd. on Reservation Loop Road.
Middle Verde Indian Cemetery	Also know as the Yavapai Nation Cemetery and the Apache Nation Cemetery, the Middle Verde Indian Cemetery is located about 2 miles west of I-17 off the Middle Verde Rd. on Reservation Loop Road.
Miller Valley Cemetery	Also known as the Ritter Cemetery and the Simmons Cemetery, the Miller Valley Cemetery is in Prescott. The first burials were in 1877 and it is still in use today.
Morrell Cemetery	See Ferguson Cemetery.
Mountain View Cemetery	Mountain View Cemetery is located at 1051 Willow Creek Rd. Prescott. An article in the Prescott Journal Miner Sunday Morning March 6, 1910 page 8 col 4 gives a little history on the cemetery: The Mountain View Cemetery association yesterday began work on their project, digging post holes and stringing woven wire on the northern lines, which measure about eleven hundred feet across. A force is also employed in laying out roads and paths in the enclosure and a well is being dug to irrigate the tract. A pumping plant will be placed on the ground for this purpose. A car load of cement will arrive Monday for the walks and gullies and the entire eighteen acres placed in order for the purposes intended.
Nelson Cemetery	Nelson, Arizona
Oak Creek Cemetery	No information.
Octave Cemetery	Octave, Arizona
Odd Fellows Cemetery	See Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Old Skull Valley Cemetery	John Hamilton Dickson founded the cemetery in 1864 on his land in Skull Valley. This site was adjacent to a dugout in which he lived. Today (1993) the remains of this old pioneer cemetery are on the Bochat Ranch on Iron Springs Rd in Township 14N, Range 4W, Section 33 of Skull Valley Quad. On November 17, 1864, John Dickson and Mary Jane Ehle were the first couple married in Prescott; the ceremony being performed by Governor John Goodwin.
Palace Station Cemetery	Alfred Barnum Spence and his wife Matilda arrived in the Prescott, AZ Territory area in 1875, and sometime later founded a ranch in Crook Canyon in the Bradshaw Mountains. In 1878, Spence established the Palace Station stage stop there. It is located in Township 12N, Range 1W, Section 18 of Groom Creek Quad.
Peeple's Valley Cemetery	See Genung Cemetery
Peeple's Valley Pioneer Cemetery	Peeple's Valley, Arizona
Perkinsville Cemetery & Gravesite	Perkinsville was a small community on the Drake and Clarkdale branch of the A. T. & S. F. Railroad with a railroad siding and post office. In 1900 Marion Alexander Perkins brought cattle, horses and mules to the valley in a two-year drive from Ft. Davis, TX. The small town became known as Perkinsville in 1912, named for the Perkins family. A post office was established in 1925 with Annie Perkins the postmistress. Today it is the end of the line for the sightseeing train that leaves Clarkdale and winds its way along the Verde River. The cemetery was established in 1902 and is still in use.
Peterson, Ole Gravesite	Ole Peterson owned 140 acres of land known as Point of the Rocks and the Lime Kiln Ranch. It is located in Township 15N, Range 2W, Section 36 of Prescott Quad. He is buried with on his ranch with only a piece of wagon axel sticking out of the ground to mark his resting place.
Pica Cemetery	No information.
Pierce Cemetery	Also known as the Granite Mountain Cemetery, the Las Vegas Cemetery, and the Williamson Valley Cemetery.
Pioneers' Home Cemetery	See Arizona Pioneers' Home Cemetery
Prescott National Cemetery	See Forth Whipple Cemetery.
Prescott National Forest Gravesites	No information.
Puntenney Cemetery	See Cedar Glade Cemetery
Red Rock Cemetery	Also known as the Schuerman Cemetery, it is located in Sedona, Arizona
Redwood Memorial Gardens	Also known as Heritage Memorial Cemetery, it is located at Dewey, Arizona.
Ritter Cemetery	See Miller Valley Cemetery.
Rolling Hills Cemetery	The Rolling Hills Cemetery is located in the city of Prescott in Township 15N, Range 2W Section 26 of Chino Valley South Quad. The cemetery is a product of the Great Depression. In 1933 Lester Lee Ruffner saw the need for inexpensive burial plots and made land available to residents who could not afford burial plots elsewhere. Thus Rolling Hills was established and burial sites were sold for between $5.00 and $10.00. According to sources found, most burials occurred between 1933 and 1950. In Ruffner’s records burial #1 is that of Andre Kavacs with a burial date of 16 June 1933, and the cemetery was called Granite View. Shortly thereafter the name was changed to “Rolling Hills”. It appears the burials were segregated according to their race. In about 1956, Lester Ward “Budge” Ruffner deeded the cemetery land to the city of Prescott with the provision that there be no more burials unless in already purchased plots. An April 2, 1958 motion in the minutes of the city council prohibited further burials. At the present time (1993) a portion of the cemetery is on private ranch land owned by the James family. The cemetery was never surveyed or platted, so no one can be sure how many people are buried there.
Rynearson Family Cemetery	Kirkland, Arizona, no further information.
Santa Maria Pioneer Cemetery	Northwest of Wickneburg, no further information.
Schuerman Cemetery	See Red Rock Cemetery.
Seligman Cemetery	Seligman is a small northern Arizona community located on old Highway 66, just north of Interstate 40 in Township 22N, Range 6W, Section 1 of Seligman Quad. At one time it was a booming railroad town. The cemetery is situated south of town and can be seen from the freeway near the western exit of Seligman.
Simmons Cemetery	See Miller Valley Cemetery.
Skull Valley Cemetery	The cemetery is located about 15 miles, west/southwest of Prescott on Iron Springs Road. The cemetery was started in 1899 and is presently in use.
Skull Valley Cemetery - Old	The single unmarked grave of Earl Strowbridge is located on the ranch of Howard and Hulda V. Christopherson about 17 miles from Prescott on Iron Springs in Township 14N, Range 4W, Section 33 of Skull Valley Quad. In 1900, Mrs. Christopherson’s grandparents owned the land. In notes by Hulda’s mother, Pearl (Roberts) Coughran Ahlefeldt, the grave is that of Earl Strowbridge. He was not related to the family and it is unknown why he was buried here.
Squaw Peak Cemetery	Salt Mine Road
Stanton Cemetery	No further information.
Thompson, Myrtle Irene Gravesite	The gravesite is in Chino Valley on the northwest corner of Highway 89 and Center Street behind the Log Cabin Inn. The burial was in 1977.
Valley View Cemetery	The Valley View Cemetery is located in Clarkdale AZ in Township 16N, Range 3E, Section 29. The cemetery is old with graves dating back to the very early 1800’s
Veterans Cemetery	See Fort Whipple Cemetery.
Wagoner Cemetery	The Cooper Ranch is located about 18 miles east of Highway 89 on the Wagoner Rd. in Township 10N, Range 3W, Section 20. The town of Wagoner was named for early settler Ed Waggoner and the post office was established June 6, 1893 with Minerva A. Waggoner the postmistress. Today nothing is left of the town but an old building or two. The cemetery is on a hill east of Cooper Ranch house and north of the road to Crown King. There are rock indicating a number of graves but only one headstone survives.
Walker Cemetery	No further information.
Walnut Creek Cemetery	Camp Wood, Arizona
Walnut Grove Cemetery	Walnut Grove, Arizona
Weaver Cemetery	Weaver, Arizona
Wilkinson Family Cemetery	The Wilkinson Family Cemetery is located on the Granite Dells Ranch owned by Jay Wilkinson in Township 14N, Range 2W, Section 1 of Prescott Quad. This dedicated and recorded cemetery is situated on a hill on the south side of Highway 89A. At present there are three graves enclosed in a chain link fence.
Williamson Valley Cemetery	Also known as the Granite Mountain Cemetery, the Las Vegas Cemetery, and the Pierce Cemetery.
Wood Spur	No further information.
Yavapai County Cemetery	Located in Prescott, it has been in use since 1959.
Yavapai Nation Cemetery	See Middle Verde Indian Cemetery.