Anaheim Cemetery
{{Short description|Cemetery in Anaheim, California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Use American English|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox cemetery
|name=Anaheim Cemetery
|established={{circa|1866}}
|type=Public
|graves=Roughly 12,500
|location=1400 East Sycamore Street,
Anaheim, Orange County, California, U.S.
|findagraveid=7838
|coordinates={{Coord|33.84218|-117.89915|display=inline,title}}
|size_acre=16}}
File:Anaheim Cemetery, Orange County, Grand Army of the Republic monument.jpg monument, Anaheim Cemetery, Orange County]]
Anaheim Cemetery is a public cemetery established by German immigrants in {{circa|1866}} in Anaheim, Orange County, California.{{Cite web |last=Pasco |first=Jean O. |date=2005-07-11 |title=Here Lies History at Anaheim Cemetery |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jul-11-me-peeled11-story.html |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222083154/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jul-11-me-peeled11-story.html |archive-date=2023-02-22 }}{{Cite web |last=Vanderknyff |first=Rick |date=1993-10-28 |title=Plots to Think About: Wander Through Some Local Cemeteries and Have Visions of the Past |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-28-ol-50373-story.html |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |last=Jenner |first=Gail L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wC89EAAAQBAJ |title=What Lies Beneath: California Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards |date=2021|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4930-4896-0 |pages=65 |language=en}} Since 2002, it has had a historical marker issued by the county.
History
Anaheim Cemetery was founded in 1866, or 1867. Founding trustees of this cemetery included Theodore Schmidt, an immigrant from Bielefeld, Germany; and John Peter Zeyn, a merchant from San Francisco.{{Cite book |last=Faessel |first=Stephen J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LaywMbt8_h4C |title=Early Anaheim |date=2006 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-3069-7 |pages=15, 18 |language=en}} The Pioneer Gate was erected in 1915, and donated by Fredrick A. Hartmann.
The earliest graves were of the German immigrant population, and some of the early German tombstones are intricately carved. Many of the early leaders of Anaheim and Orange County are interred at this cemetery.