Murray Sagsveen estimates there are nearly 1,000 registered cemeteries in western. But as more people move into big cities, ...

On Dec. 5, Meritage Homes of Tennessee petitioned the Chancery Court for permission to remove an abandoned cemetery on land they’re developing in Hermitage, just off Tulip Grove Road. On Dec. 9 ...

The city of Santa Rosa has a no-questions-asked policy about items returned to the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery. Those with pieces they’d like to return can email volunteer@srcity.org or call 707 ...

Apr. 7—State regulators have ordered a San Rafael cemetery to stop operations amid allegations of financial mismanagement. Mount Tamalpais Cemetery and Mortuary and three other memorial sites ...

History Seekers. Open Grave Discovery at Abandoned Cemetery! Posted: April 29, 2025 | Last updated: April 29, 2025. While exploring a forgotten graveyard tied to Revolutionary and Civil War heroes ...

With volunteer boards dying to get out of the cemetery business, Norfolk County needs more staff to handle the coming influx of burials. Eleven abandoned cemeteries have come under the county’s ...

Established in 1856 during the rural cemetery movement, when cemeteries began to be designed as green spaces and not just plots of land to house the dead, Mount Vernon is home to members of the ...

The cemetery, founded in 1838, is one of the country’s first rural cemeteries and serves as the burial ground for more than 570,000 people, including composer Leonard Bernstein and artist Jean ...

There is a deepening sense of fear as population loss accelerates in rural America. The decline of small-town life is expected to be a looming topic in the presidential election.

How construction of a sprawling subdivision will affect 10 graves on the soon-to-be-developed property in rural Brunswick County remains unclear. ... Lennon Cemetery is maintained, not abandoned.

Chelsea Grimm of San Diego had stopped to camp in Arizona on a planned cross-country drive. Her car was found abandoned Oct. 5, authorities said.