Overseas Chinese Cemeteries

Compiled by Terry Abraham <tabraham @ uidaho.edu>


The overseas Chinese diaspora scattered them to the four corners of the world. In many cases, all that is left of their experience is a Chinese cemetery. The practice of secondary burial and removal meant that many former cemeteries are considered "empty." This is not a valid conclusion because not all bodies were removed and returned to China; in particular, women seldom participated in the arrangements which funded the systematic removal. Others were not exhumed because they failed to pay for the service. Where the context has been lost, the land appears available for redevelopment.

The following list includes substantial cemeteries that are well marked, small rural cemeteries with few or no markers, Chinese sections of community cemeteries, and areas where local tradition claims a Chinese cemetery.

Generally speaking, cemeteries with only a few Chinese graves are excluded.

Additions and corrections would be appreciated.

Australia



New South Wales


Albury

Pioneer Cemetery.  (Map) Masonry burner. Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 4; Golden Threads

Bathurst

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11

Bolong

St. John's Anglican Cemetery.   Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 4

Braidwood

  Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 4

Cobar

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11

Condobolin

 (Map) Masonry burner, constructed in the early 1990's. Citation: Golden Threads; State Heritage Register

Cooma

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11

Cowra

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11

Craigie

Chinese Cemetery.   "The site...has been lost" Citation: McGowan, Barry. "Chinese market gardens in southern and western New South Wales." AHR Issue 36, July 2005

Deniliquin

  "Replica Chinese burning tower" Citation: Golden Threads 2001

Dubbo

Pioneer Cemetery.   Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11

Emmaville

Chinese Cemetery.   Potential Heritage Sites (PDF).

Goodooga

Goodooga cemetery.   Citation: http://lightningridge.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/doctors-graves-piece-of-history/1371787.aspx?storypage=0

Gulgong

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11

Hay

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11

Home Rule (Mudgee)

Chinese Cemetery.   Potential Heritage Sites (PDF).

Jembaicumbene

Jembaicumbene Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Jembaicumbene Chinese Cemetery

Jerilderie

  Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 4

Lightning Ridge

Chinese Cemetery.   Potential Heritage Sites (PDF).

Little Bay

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11

Murrumburah

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) "the cemetery at Murrumburah has a Chinese cemetery in its grounds" Citation: Chinese Heritage Association of Australia

Narrandera

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11

Nerringundah

Chinese Cemetery.   Potential Heritage Sites (PDF).

Northam

Chinese section.   Citation: Northam cemetery

Nyngan

Chinese section of Nyngan General Cemetery.  (Map) Masonry burner; State Heritage Register. Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11

Parkes

Parkes General Cemetery.   "three of which are Chinese." Parkes General Cemetery Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11

Sofala

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11

Sydney

Chinese section of Rookwood Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 6 & 7. 

North Head Quarantine Station.   Six Chinese markers; Potential Heritage Sites (PDF). Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11

Tambaroora (Hill End)

Chinese Cemetery.   Heritage NSW (PDF);"The Chinese cemetery in Moonlight Gully, Tambaroora, is now empty." Hill End Family History. Citation: Tambaroora Chinese Cemetery

Tooloom

Cemetery with burials of Chinese miners.   "On private land" Citation: Urbenville

Tumut

Pioneer Cemetery.   Citation: Golden Threads 2001

Upper Bingara

Chinese Cemetery.   State of the Environment Report (PDF).

Wagga Wagga

 (Map) Masonry burner, painted. Citation: Golden Threads; Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 4

Wellington

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11

Windeyer

Chinese Cemetery.   "ceremonial roasting pit"?; Heritage NSW (PDF); Chinese Cemetery and Oven Citation: Chinese Cemetery and Oven; Windeyer General Cemetery

Wombat (Young)

Chinese Cemetery.   Potential Heritage Sites (PDF).


Northern Territory


Darwin

Chinese Memorial Cemetery.  (Map) Darwin Chinese cemetery. Citation: Jack, R. Ian. 1995. Chinese cemeteries Outside China. In Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific, 303; Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 10


Queensland


Brookfield

Brookfield Historical Cemetery.  (Map) "also of Chinese gold-miners from the late 1800s although no markers were noted for the latter" Citation: Brookfield Historical Cemetery

Cape River Region

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: ASHA Newsletter 33:2(2003)3. 

Cloncurry

Chinese Cemetery.   "located on the junction of Copper Mine creek and of Copper Mine creek and Anabranch" Citation: Welcome to Cloncurry (PDF). 

Cooktown

  Two burners adjacent to altar. Citation: Australian Heritage Places Inventory

Croydon

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Grimwade, Gordon. "After 2001: Can We Maintain A Future For Cultural Heritage Tourism?"

Maytown

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Trek Notes

Mount Morgan

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Burner. Citation: Jack, R. Ian. 1995. Chinese cemeteries Outside China. In Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific, 304; Mount Morgan

Somerset

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Rough Guides Travel: Queensland

Stoneyville

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Areas of Conservation Significance on Cape York Peninsula


Tasmania


Branxholm

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 10

Gladstone

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 10

Lefroy

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 10

Moorina

  Citation: Chinese Graves in Cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 10; Moorina

Pioneer

Moorina Cemetery.   Burner. Citation: Pioneer

Weldborough

  Citation: Jack, R. Ian. 1995. Chinese Cemeteries Outside China. In Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific 304. 


Victoria


Ararat

  Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 3

Avoca

Glenpatrick Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) "Now the main visible sign is 'Glenpatrick Cemetery', seen from the road." Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 3; http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/557073

Bairnsdale

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Ballarat

Old Cemetery.  (Map) Masonry burner, sheet metal top.

New Cemetery.  (Map) Masonry burner.

Beaufort

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Beechworth

General cemetery.  (Map) Twin towers, metal caps. Citation: Jack, R. Ian. 1995. Chinese Cemeteries Outside China. In Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific 302, 304. 

Bendigo

Redcastle Cemetery.   "Heathcote records comment that there were 'approximately 50 Chinese burials in unmarked graves, interred along fence near dirt road'" Citation: Redcastle Cemetery Listing

Bendigo Cemetery.  (Map) "hexagonal (80 cm for each side) tuckpointed brick structure some 4 metres high"; Chinese Cemeteries in Australia Vol. 2 Citation: Australian Heritage Places Inventory; Bendigo Public Cemetery - Bendigo Cemeteries Trust

Blackwood

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Bright

 (Map) Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Buckland

  ASHA Newsletter (PDF). Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Buninyong

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Campbells Creek

Castlemaine Cemetery.  (Map) Burner. Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 1

Castlemaine

Pennyweight Flat Cemetery.   Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 3

Chiltern

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Clayton

Springvale Botanical Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Clayton

Creswick

Creswick Cemetery: Chinese Section.   Citation: Chinese Cemetery

Daylesford

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Dimboola

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Dunolly

Dunolly Cemetery.  (Map) Burner.

Echuca

  Citation: Golden Dragon Museum. Chinese Memorials & Memories. Bendigo: 2001. p. 37. 

Eddington

  Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 3

Fryerstown

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Harcourt, Victoria

Glenpatrick

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map)

Chinese cemetery.  (Map)

Harrietville

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Heathcote

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Inglewood

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Linton

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Maldon

 (Map) Brick, triple dome on top. Built by John South, see http://www.samuelsouth.btinternet.co.uk/update048.htm. Citation: Jack, R. Ian. 1995. Chinese Cemeteries Outside China. In Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific, 304. 

Maryborough

Maryborough Cemetery.   Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Melbourne

Melbourne General Cemetery.  (Map) "Chinese funerary ovens"

Omeo

  37 Chinese graves. Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Rutherglen

  Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 3

Smythe's Creek

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Smythesdale

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

St. Arnaud

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Stawell

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Vaughn

  Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 3

Wahgunyah

Carlyle Cemetery.  (Map) "Chinese burning towers from the goldrush era." Citation: Walkabout: Wahgunyah 2001; Image 8

White Hills

 (Map) "hexagonal (80 cm for each side) tuckpointed brick structure some 4 metres high." Identical to Bendigo burner Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 5; White Hills Public Cemetery

Wrracknabeal

  Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9

Yackandandah

  Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 3


Western Australia


Broome

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Chinese Graves in Cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 10. Citation: The Courthouse

East Perth

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Redeveloped. "A plaque on Bronte Street near the corner of Plain Street marks the location of the Chinese cemetery". Citation: Wikipedia: East Perth Cemeteries; Ryan, Jan. "Chinese burials in Western Australia." (1991) p.10. 

Karrakata

Karrakata Cemetery - Chinese Section.  (Map) Citation: Ryan, Jan. "Chinese burials in Western Australia." (1991) p. 12. 

Brunei


Bandar Seri Begawan

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Kg Panchur Dulit, Tutong

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Special Passes

Kuala Belait

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Concern Over Neglected Chinese Cemetery In Belait

Cambodia


Chhlong district of Kratie

Teochiu burial ground.   Citation: Ethnic Chinese in Cambodia

Phnom Penh

Hokkien Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Hokkien Chinese find home away from home

Phum Katang

  Citation: Ethnic Chinese in Cambodia

Canada



Alberta


Calgary

Queen's Park Cemetery.  (Map) Two brick burners and center altar.

Rockyview Garden of Peace.  (Map) Buddhist Section; masonry burner, memorial tablet.

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Red brick burner, concrete top. Citation: Chinese Cemetery; also 1920s photo at Calgary Cemetery

Edmonton

Edmonton Cemetery, Chinese Section.  (Map) Burner. Citation: Personal communication. 

Lethbridge

Mountain View Cemetery.  (Map) Burner and altar platform. Citation: Mountain View Cemetery


British Columbia


Armstrong

Armstrong Spallumcheen Cemetery.  (Map) "a number of Chinese graves" Citation: Armstrong Spallumcheen Cemetery

Ashcroft

Chinese Cemetery.   1 km South on Highway 97C. Citation: Maxwell, Judy. "Chinese cemeteries and grave markers in B.C.: A research guide." British Columbia History, 40:4(2007)14. 

Barkerville

Barkerville Cemetery.   Citation: Maxwell, Judy. "Chinese cemeteries and grave markers in B.C.: A research guide." British Columbia History, 40:4(2007)14. 

Cumberland

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Maxwell, Judy. "Chinese cemeteries and grave markers in B.C.: A research guide." British Columbia History, 40:4(2007)14-15. 

Duncan

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Chinese Cemeteries in BC

Kamloops

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Burner. Citation: Kamloops Municipal Cemeteries

Kelowna

Kelowna Memorial Park (Chinese Section).  (Map) Citation: Kerkkonen, David. Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery, Kelowna, BC. 2005; Maxwell, Judy. "Chinese cemeteries and grave markers in B.C.: A research guide." British Columbia History, 40:4(2007)15. 

Likely

Likely Cemetery.   Citation: Maxwell, Judy. "Chinese cemeteries and grave markers in B.C.: A research guide." British Columbia History, 40:4(2007)15. 

Nanaimo

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: See City of Nanaimo Heritage Inventory; Maxwell, Judy. "Chinese cemeteries and grave markers in B.C.: A research guide." British Columbia History, 40:4(2007)15. 

Nelson

Nelson Memorial Park.  (Map)

New Westminster

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Site of New Westminster Secondary School development project. Citation: www.boothill.ca/faq.html

Fraser Cemetery.   Citation: Maxwell, Judy. "Chinese cemeteries and grave markers in B.C.: A research guide." British Columbia History, 40:4(2007)15-16. 

Prince George

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Chinese Cemeteries in BC; Maxwell, Judy. "Chinese cemeteries and grave markers in B.C.: A research guide." British Columbia History, 40:4(2007)16. 

Prince Rupert

Fairview Cemetery.   Citation: Maxwell, Judy. "Chinese cemeteries and grave markers in B.C.: A research guide." British Columbia History, 40:4(2007)16. 

Quesnel

Pioneer Cemetery, Chinese Section.   Citation: "Spooky cemetery tour"

Quesnel Forks

Chinese Section.   Citation: Quesnelle Forks; Maxwell, Judy. "Chinese cemeteries and grave markers in B.C.: A research guide." British Columbia History, 40:4(2007)14. 

Richfield

Chinese Cemetery.   Near Barkerville; 2002 - 2003 Report on Multiculturalism (PDF). Citation: Maxwell, Judy. "Chinese cemeteries and grave markers in B.C.: A research guide." British Columbia History, 40:4(2007)14. 

Rossland

Rossland Cemetery.   Citation: Rossland Mining Museum Virtual Tour

Spallumcheen

Lansdowne Cemetery.   Citation: "Cemetery marks milestone"

Stanley

  Near Barkerville. Citation: Abraham, Terry and Priscilla Wegars. Respecting the Dead, in Chinese American Death Rituals. 2005. p. 150; Maxwell, Judy. "Chinese cemeteries and grave markers in B.C.: A research guide." British Columbia History, 40:4(2007)14. 

Vancouver

Mountain View Cemetery.  (Map) Reconstructed burner next to altar and pavilion. Citation: Photo of original burner at Vancouver Public Library. 1910 photograph by Philip Timms. VPL 7356. 

Vernon

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Chinese Cemeteries in BC

Victoria

Ross Bay Cemetery.   Citation: Maxwell, Judy. "Chinese cemeteries and grave markers in B.C.: A research guide." British Columbia History, 40:4(2007)16-17. 

Chinese Cemetery at Harling Point.  (Map) Twin burners and altar. Citation: Old Cemeteries Society

Wild Horse

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Maxwell, Judy. "Chinese cemeteries and grave markers in B.C.: A research guide." British Columbia History, 40:4(2007)15; Photo: Altar in Chinese Cemetery, Wild Horse BC

Youbou

Chinese Cemetery.   "an investigative journalist ... is discovering considerable evidence of a Chinese cemetery on the Youbou millsite" Citation: Youbou TimberLess Society


Ontario


Niagara Falls

Fairview Cemetery.   Citation: http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1351578

Ottawa

Beechwood Cemetery.  (Map) "local Chinese were buried in a small section" Citation: Beechwood Cemetery


Saskatchewan


Regina

Riverside Memorial Park.  (Map) Chinese Section. Citation: City of Regina Cemeteries

Regina Cemetery, Chinese Section.  (Map) Regina Ethnic Pioneers Cemetery Walking Tour (PDF).

Saskatoon

Woodlawn Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Chinese-Canadian Genealogy

Costa Rica


Limon

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Chinese cemetery

Cuba


Havana

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Havana's graveyard: Chinese Cemetery

England


Liverpool

Anfield Cemetery.   "features a number of Chinese graves" Citation: Liverpool Cemeteries

London

East London Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: East London Cemetery

Plymouth

Egg Buckland Cemetery.   Chinese Labour Corps burials. Citation: Benton, Gregor & Frank N. Pieke. The Chinese in Europe (1998) p. 71. 

Fiji


Ba

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia: Chinese Cemetery

Suva

Chinese Cemetery on Reservoir Road.   Citation: Graveyard cash woes


Macuata


Labasa

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Harry Yee from Labasa passes on

France


Ayette

Ayette Indian and Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Ayette Indian and Chinese Cemetery

Noyelles-sur-Mer

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) WWI Chinese Labour Corps cemetery and memorial. Citation: Noyelles-sur-Mer Chinese Cemetery

Ruminghem

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) WWI Labor Group. Citation: Ruminghem Chinese Cemetery

India


Jairampur

WWII Cemetery.   At "Stilwell Road ( Ledo Road ) in the Jairampur-Nampong road, Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh". Citation: Places of Interest

Kolkata

Nam Soon Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/548384

Mumbai

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: * Bangalore Chennai Delhi/NCR Hyderabad Pune Mumbai NaviMumbai Other Cities For Sale in All Location Keyword Search in All Location For Rent in All Location Search Other Cities Home Loans Vastu/Fengshui Legal Documents Property Prices Property Events Login Register View myProfile View Responses View/Edit iListing Wadala Road


Kerala


Madras

Chinese Cemetery.   Lloyd's Road, next to Jewish Cemetery. Citation: ISJM Jewish Heritage Report

Indonesia


Tambun

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia: Tambun


Riau Islands


Tanjung Balai Karimun

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: In Riau, the dead lose worldly space


Sumatra


Padang

Chinese Cemetery.   on "Bukit Monyet or Monkey Hill". Citation: Hotel Kharisma


Timor


Dili - Taibessi

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Harold and Florence Fitzner


West Nusa Tenggara


Sengiggi, Lombok Island

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Lombok Chinese Cemetery


Yogyakarta


Yogyakarta

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Chinese cemetery outside Yogyakarta

Iraq


Basra

Tanooma Chinese Cemetery.   "227 unidentified casualties of the Chinese Labour Corps who were attached to the Inland Water Transport during the First World War" Citation: Basra War Cemetery

Jamaica


Kingston

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Kingston Chinese Cemetery

Japan


Hakodate-shi

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Chinese cemetery

Nagasaki

Chinese Cemetery.   At Goshin-ji Temple. Citation: Nagasaki International Cemeteries

Malaysia


Ampang

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map)

Ampang Jaya

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Balakong

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Bidor

Bidor Jln. Bruseh Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Gombak Setia

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Ipoh

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Jitra

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Kajang

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Kota Kinabalu

Hokkien - Cantonese Cemetery.   Citation: Sabah's Oldest Chinese Cemetery Vanished

Kuala Lumpur

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Guang Dong Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Kuala Lumpur - Syed Putra

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Chinese Cemetery

Kuching

29th Mile Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Kuching (Jalan Batu Kitang)

Hokkien Cemetery.   Citation: Ex-Army Man Found Dead In Chinese Cemetery

Kuching (Siburan)

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Melaka

Bukit China.  (Map) List of cemeteries. Citation: Carolyn Cartier. "Preserving Bukit China: ...Melaka's Chinese Cemetery" in Elizabeth Sinn, ed., The Last Half Century of the Chinese Overseas, Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong Press, pp. 65-89. 1997. 

Petaling Jaya

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Raub

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/681479

Selayang Baru

Chinese Memorial Center.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Sungai Ara

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia


Johor


Taman Skudai Baru, Jalan Hang Kasturi

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map)


Negeri Sembilan


Port Dickson

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) At Taman PD Utama. Citation: Taman PD Utama


Penang


Georgetown

Chinese Hokkien Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Penanti

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Five things that best describe Penanti

Tanjong Tokong

United Hokkien Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Mount Erskine Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia


Perak


Bedor

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Bidor Jln. Bruseh Chinese Cemetery


Sabah


Sandakan

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Sandakan - Chinese Cemetery

Tenghilan

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Tenghilan Chinese Cemetery


Selangor


Semenyih

Nirvana Memorial Park.  (Map) Burner.

Mexico


El Triunfo

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: La Paz, El Triunfo and Cabo Pulmo

Tampico

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: A more leisurely alternative

New Zealand


Arrowtown

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: New Zealand 2006

Cromwell

  Citation: Chinese: The 19th century

Dunedin

Northern Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: James Ng notes (2000) AACC. 

Southern Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Chinese: The 19th century

Andersons Bay Cemetery.  (Map) "Chinese were segregated there into their own subdivision" Citation: Andersons Bay Cemetery

Lawrence

Lawrence Cemetery, Chinese Section.  (Map) Citation: Lawrence Cemetery

Naseby

  Citation: Chinese: The 19th century

Wellington

Makara Cemetery - Tung Jung Section.  (Map) Citation: Tung Jung Assoc cemetery


Wellington


Karori Cemetery

Chinese Graves.   Citation: Karori Cemetery

Panama


Bocas del Toro

Chinese Cemetery.  

Colon

Chinese Cemetery.  

Panama City

Cementerio Parque la Gloria.  (Map) Chinese Cemetery.

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) In El Chorrillo, "foot of Ancon Hill". Citation: Chinese respect their ancestors

Penonome

Chinese Cemetery.  

Peru


Lima

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Pan, Lynn. Sons of the Yellow Emperor (1994) p. 72. 

Tacna

Cementerio Chino.   Citation: Cavagnaro

Philippines


Butuan City - Bancasi

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Caloocan City

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Caloocan announces traffic re-routing scheme

Cotabato (Salimbao)

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia; Cotabato City Chinese Cemetery

Davao City

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Manila

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) "Kim" Burner Citation: See <http://community.webshots.com/photo/ 163376852/1163379385057477332iyKxnM>

Zamboanga City

Sta. Cruz (Chinese Cemetery).   Citation: Zamboanga City. Urban Environment

Tumaga (Chinese Cemetery).   Citation: Zamboanga City. Urban Environment

San Roque (Chinese Cemetery).  (Map) Citation: Zamboanga City. Urban Environment


Albay


Legazpi

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia


Cebu


Cebu

Celestial Gardens Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: History of St. John Cebu


Iloilo


Iloilo City

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Prov'l, city cops gear for observance of All Saints' Day


Lanao del Norte


Iligan (Libertad)

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia


Leyte


Dulag

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Tacloban

Chinese Cemetery.   El Reposo St. Citation: Tacloban PNP on alert as RP commemorates All Saints Day


Maguindanao


Datu Piang

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090817-220671/Life-of-evacuees-deplorable-at-the-camps


Misamis Oriental


Cagayan de Oro

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: RTA implements traffic-rerouting scheme


Negros Occidental


Bacolod City

Green Hills Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia


Samar


Calbayog

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Old Calbayog Chinese Cemetery

Singapore


Singapore

Bukit Brown.   "the old abandoned Chinese cemetery off Sime Road and Kheam Hock Road" Citation: Bukit Brown

Chinese Cemetery, Jalan Wat Siam, Pulau Ubin.   Citation: Residents call it 'cemetery road'

C. K. Tang, 310-320 Orchard Road.  (Map) "This was formerly the location of a Chinese cemetery" Citation: C.K. Tang

Shuang Long Shan Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Historic Chinese Architecture in Singapore

Kwong Hou Sua Cemetery.  (Map) To be exhumed and redeveloped, 2009. Citation: Keeping alive a grave tradition

Choa Chu Kang Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Traffic Arrangements for Qing Ming Religious Observance Day 2007

South Africa


Cape Town

Chinese Cemetery.   Dawes Street. Signal Hill. Citation: Yap, Melanie & Dianne Leong Man. Colour, Confusion and Concessions: The History of the Chinese in South Africa (1996), p. 12. 

Tahiti


Papeete

Everlasting Rest Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Everlasting Rest Cemetery

Tanzania


Dar es Salaam

Cemetery for Memorable Deceased Chinese Experts Assisting Tanzania.   Citation: Africa, China's new frontier

Thailand


Bangkok

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Chinese Cemetery Bangkok, Thailand

Chiang Mai

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Doi Saket

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Chinese Cemetery near Doi Saket

Kanchanaburi

Near River Kwai Bridge.   Citation: Kanchanaburi

Pattaya

Chinese Cemetery (Meng Mua Sing Jueng Cemetery).  (Map) "This is a chinese cemetery located at the Siam Country Club road. The cemetery has been renovated in 2006." Citation: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1238346&page=2&fpart=1&vc=1

Salat Buri

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Thailand Cemeteries

United States



Alaska


Karluk

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Miller, Elizabeth Ann and Jones, E. B. (n.d.) The Chinese Cemetery at Karluk, Kodiak Island, Alaska: A Biological Interpretation of Immigrant Life at the Karluk Cannery. Manuscript in preparation; Hrdlicka, Ales. The Anthropology of Kodiak Island. Philadelphia: Wistar Institute, 1944. pp. 143, 270-271, 325. 


Arizona


Tombstone

Chinese Section, Boothill Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Asian Pacific American Timeline, Boothill Graveyard


California


Angels Camp

Chinese Cemetery.   North of Angels Creek.

Auburn

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Masonry burner. Citation: Wey, Nancy, compiler. n.d., Chinese Sites in California. Unpaginated, arranged by county. Photocopy in the Asian American Comparative Collection, University of Idaho, Moscow: Auburn. 

Bakersfield

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Removed, developed. Gia, Gilbert. "Our Fair City: What became of the Old Chinese Cemetery?" Bakersfield Blackboard. June 2002. Citation: Bakersfield's Old Chinese Cemetery

Chinese section, Union Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Lost Treasures: Union Cemetery

Bodie

Bodie Cemetery (Chinese Area).  (Map) Citation: Wikimapia

Borden

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Chinese Cemetery Monument

Chico

Chico Cemetery.  (Map) Book, Susan. "Ashes to Ashes: Chinese Cemeteries in Butte County." Diggins, 18(1974)9.

Chinese Camp

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Fletcher-Mills, Doris.Cathay Dreams of Gold Mountain. 2006. p. 58. 

Chinese Cemetery.   "West end of Washington Street" Citation: Known Tuolumne County Cemetereis

Colma

Cypress Lawn Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Rouse, Wendy L. A History of Chinese Death Ritual, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 37. 

Greenlawn Cemetery.  (Map) 1100 El Camino Real.

Woodlawn Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Crowder, Linda Sun, Chinese Mortuary Tradition in San Francisco Chinatown, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 198. 

Golden Hill Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Cemetery Information

Hoy Sun Memorial Cemetery.  (Map) Burner; "November 1988" on marker.

Columbia

Columbia Cemetery, China Plot.  (Map) Commemorative marker placed October 2004. Citation: The Chinese in Columbia; To Honor the Chinese Pioneers

Coulterville

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Behind Sun Sun Wo Co. store; bodies removed. Citation: Area history

Daly City

Chinese Christian Cemetery.  (Map)

Hoy Sun Ning Yun Cemetery.  (Map) Formerly Ning Yung Cemetery.

Tung Sen Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: GNIS

Look San Chinese Cemetery, Callan Blvd.  (Map) Citation: Bay Area Cemeteries - Chinese Cemetery

Dog Town

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: California's Calaveras County Cemeteries

Dutch Flat

 (Map) Damaged Burner. Citation: Personal communication. 

El Dorado

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) "Reports state Chinese grave stones removed so area could be used for horse grazing" Citation: Endangered cemeteries

Fairfield

Suisun-Fairfield Cemetery, Union Avenue.  (Map) Burner.

Fiddletown

Chinese Cemetery.   "disinterment lists from the Chinese cemetery at Fiddletown, Amador County" Citation: Working People of California

Folsom

Young Wo Cemetery, Forrest Street.  (Map) 1997? construction date on burner.

China Mission-Chung Wah Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: China Mission - Chung Wah Chinese Cemetery

Forks of Salmon

Fong Wah Cemetery.   "13 depressions" Citation: National Register Nomination Form (1975) AACC. 

Franklin

Franklin Cemetery.  (Map) "There are also early Chinese immigrants buried in the Franklin Cemetery" Citation: Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Sacramento County, CA (PDF). 

Fresno

Sam Yup Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) South of Belmont and west of Hughes Ave; west of older Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Cemeteries of Fresno County; Ask Me

Chinese Cemetery.   "Chinese Cemetery are southwest of Hughes and Belmont avenues." Citation: Ask Me

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Ask Me. See also Ask Me

Gilroy

Sandakan - Chinese Cemetery.   "just to the west of the seventh green on the Gilroy Golf Course on Hecker Pass" Citation: Plaque honors Chinese cemetery

Grass Valley

Chinese Cemetery.   Near Elm Ridge Cemetery. Citation: SACUNION.COM SPECIAL REPORT: What Lies Beneath

Groveland

Chinese Cemetery.   "Henderson St., Big Oak Flat" Citation: Known Tuolumne County Cemetereis

Hanford

 (Map) Burner.

Jackson

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) "located adjacent to Jackson Elementary School"; Jackson City Council Minutes (PDF)

La Porte

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Farkas, Lani Ah Tye. Bury My Bones in America (1998), p. 135. 

LaTrobe, El Dorado Co.

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: GNIS

Loomis

Former Chinese cemetery.   Brick burner, on private property. Citation: Morita, Jennifer. 2001. "Forgotten Past." Sacramento Bee, August 26, B4. 

Los Angeles

Evergreen Cemetery.  (Map) Two burners with altar. Citation: Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. 1998; Greenwood, Roberta S. 1996. Down by the Station: Los Angeles Chinatown, 1880-1993. Los Angeles: UCLA Institute of Archaeology. 

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Orignal twin burners with altar replaced with pavilion, altar, and burner, 2007. Citation: Chinese Cemetery

Markleeville

Markleeville Chinese American Cemetery.   Citation: Five Views

Martinez

Alhambra Cemetery - Potter's Field.  (Map) Burner foundation only, also brick rubble. Citation: Cemetery Tour of Martinez

Marysville

Sierra View Memorial Park.  (Map) Citation: Chace, Paul G. On Dying American, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 54. 

Historic Marysville Cemetery.  (Map) "a volunteer builder is restoring a rare Chinese oven in the cemetery. The last episode of vandalism caused over $25,000 in damages." Citation: COUNCIL NEWS COORDINATOR. 13:3 (May/June 2001); Preserving a piece of history. Appeal-Democrat, April 29, 2002. 

Mendocino

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Section of Hillcrest Cemetery?. Citation: Notes for McCanse/ce

Monterey

San Carlos Cemetery.  (Map) Burner and altar.

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) "the Hopkins Marine Station Laboratory, occupying ground that was once the Chinese cemetery" Citation: Cathay in Eldorado

Napa

Tulocay Cemetery, Chinese Section.  (Map) Citation: Calif. wine industry started with Chinese workers

Nevada City

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Burner. Citation: Hagaman, Wallace R. 1998. A Short History of the Chinese Cemetery at Nevada City, California. Nevada City: Cowboy Press; Five Views

Oakland

Mountain View Cemetery.  (Map) Chinese Section. Citation: Ching Ming

Ogilby

Ogilby Cemetery.   "is mostly made up of Chinese who worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad" Citation: Ogilby Cemetery

Olivehurst

Sierra View Memorial Park.  (Map)

Oroville

Old Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Feather River Blvd. Citation: Discover 2006 (PDF). 

Placerville

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) "Weber Creek; south of Lotus Road within Sierra Rock Company's Weber Creek Quarry property. This cemetery may have already been quarried out" Citation: Endangered Cemeteries

Quincy

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Quincy Chinese Cemetery

Rio Vista

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Rio Vista map. Citation: Commuting from the East Bay to Sacramento

Sacramento

Old City Cemetery (Chinese Section).  (Map) Citation: Sacramento City Cemetery

Salinas

Chinese cemetery.  (Map) Burner. Citation: Farkas, Lani Ah Tye. Bury My Bones in America (1998), p. 147, n. 13. 

San Diego

Mount Hope Cemetery (Chinese Section).  (Map) Citation: San Diego Cemeteries: A Brief Guide

San Francisco

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Removed and site redeveloped. Citation: Chinese Cemetery

Lincoln Park Golf Course.  (Map) Altar and headstones remain. Citation: Lincoln Park Golf Club History

San Jose

Historic Chinese American Cemetery, Curtner Road.  (Map) Wey, Nancy, compiler. n.d., Chinese Sites in California. Unpaginated, arranged by county. Photocopy in the Asian American Comparative Collection, University of Idaho, Moscow: San Jose. Citation: Abandoned Chinese Cemetery

San Mateo

Bai Ling Yuan (Skylawn Memorial Park).  (Map) Citation: Cemetery Information

Santa Cruz

Evergreen Cemetery.  (Map) Masonry burner. Replica, see Lydon, Sandy. Bringing the Dead to Life. 2005.

Santa Rosa

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Sonoma County Biographies

Silver Creek

  "26 depressions" Citation: A Brief History of Plumas County, California

Slab City

Chinese Cemetery.   "old Chinese cemetery east of here" Citation: The Airplane Man of Slab City

Stockton

Chinese Cemetery, West Mathews Road, French Camp.  (Map) Altar and two brick burners near entrance. Citation: Chinese Cemetery

Truckee

Chinese Cemetery.   Douglass, Bruce A. Paper: "Truckee's Chinese Cemetery" [Regional History]. Citation: Douglass

Vacaville

Chinese Cemetery.   Disinterred; "Apparently near or a part of the old cemetery near Andrews Park". Citation: Solano County Cemeteries

Ventura

Cemetery Memorial Park.  (Map) Citation: Restore St. Mary's

Vina

Chinese cemetery.  (Map) Masonry burner.

Virginiatown

Chinese Cemeteries 1-3.   Citation: Rouse, Wendy L. Archaeological Excavations at Virginiatown's Chinese Cemeteries, in Chinese American Death Rituals, (2005), pp. 81-106. 

Watsonville

Pioneer Cemetery, Freedom Boulevard.  (Map) Masonry burner. Also referred to as the Freedom Cemetery.

Weaverville

Hong Kong Cemetery.   Citation: The Search for Gold in Weaverville, Cal. (2007). 

See Yup Cemetery.   Citation: The Search for Gold in Weaverville, Cal. (2007). 

Wheatland

Chinese American Cemetery.  (Map) Burner Rebuilt by Wheatland Historical Society, 1978. Citation: Wey, Nancy, compiler. n.d., Chinese Sites in California. Unpaginated, arranged by county. Photocopy in the Asian American Comparative Collection, University of Idaho, Moscow: Wheatland. 

Whittier

Chinese Cemetery at Rose Hills.  (Map) Citation: Tombstone Transcription Project

Yreka

Chinese Cemetery.   "Brick oven;" "A single marker remains, inscribed in Chinese characters" Citation: Siskiyou Pioneer, 6:3(1990)98, 134; Attractions in the Gold Country


Colorado


Denver

Cheesman Park.  (Map) Graves removed and site redeveloped. Citation: Cheesman Park

Silverton

Hillside Cemetery.   Chinese brairoad workers buried at bottom of hill. Citation: Silverton cemetery haunts the living


Georgia


Atlanta

Greenwood Cemetery.   "an area of Chinese graves" Citation: Greenwood Cemetery


Hawaii - Hawai'i


Hilo

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: GNIS

Holualo

Tong Wo Tong Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Tong Wotong Cemetery

Pahala

Chinese Plantation Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Kraus-Friedberg, Chana. Transnational identity and mortuary material culture: The Chinese Plantation Cemetery in Pahala, Hawai'i. Historical Archaeology 42:3 (2008)123-135. 


Hawaii - Kauai


Hanalei

Hanalei Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Also Ah Goong San (Grandfathers' Mountain). Citation: The Rice Era and the Beach Houses of Hanalei

Kapa`a

"Chinese Cemetery off Apopo Road".  (Map) Citation: Ancient Chinese cemetery to be honored, restored

Kekaha

Park Hook Tong Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 188. 


Hawaii - Maui


Hana

Hana Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 186. 

Keokea

Fook On Tong Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Historic Keokea

Lahaina

Puupiha Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Puupiha Cemetery Hawaii

Man Fook Tong Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), pp. 186-187. 

Pa'ia

Pa'ia Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Burner. Paia Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), pp. 187-188. 

Pu'unene

Pu'unene Chinese Cemetery.   Plantation cemetery. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 186. 

Waiehu

Kwong Fook Tong Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Burner. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), pp. 189-190. 

Wailuku

Chee Kung Tong Chinese Cemetery.   Reportedly on Main Street, destroyed by development.


Hawaii - Molokai


Kalaupapa

Papaloa Cemetery Areas. Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Headstone resetting part of larger preservation project on Kalaupapa


Hawaii - Oahu


Honolulu

Tung Sing Tong Cemetery.  (Map) 356 Auwaiolimu Street. Citation: Cemeteries in Honolulu county

Ket On Cemetery.   385 Auwaiolimu Street. Citation: Cemeteries in Honolulu county

Yee King Tong Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) 351 Auwaiolimu Street. Citation: Yee King Tong Chinese Cemetery; Cemeteries in Honolulu county

Manoa Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Lin Yee Chung Society. Bone house, gate, family memorial. Citation: Chinese Cemetery; Cemeteries in Honolulu county; Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), pp. 177-185; Yalom, Marilyn. American Resting Place (2008), pp. 249-252. 

Chinese Christian Cemetery.   352 Auwaiolimu Street. Citation: Cemeteries in Honolulu county

Hook Chu Cemetery.  (Map) 2209 Pauoa Road; bone house. Citation: Cemeteries in Honolulu county


Idaho


Boise

Morris Hill Cemetery.  (Map) White painted brick burner in Chinese section.

Bonanza

Bonanza Cemetery.   Chinese Section. Citation: Bonanza Cemetery

Bonners Ferry

Crossport Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Idaho Cemetery listing

Bovill

Cemetery.   Chinese burial ground, in a field northwest of downtown; not the town cemetery on top of a hill to the west. Markers rotted off, now a cow pasture.

Elk City

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Abraham, Terry and Wegars, Priscilla. Respecting the Dead, in Chinese American Death Rituals. (2005), p. 165. 

Florence

Portion of Florence Cemetery.   Exhumation pits, interpretive sign. Citation: Florence Cemetery

Hope

Old Hope Cemetery (Chinese).  (Map) Mostly demolished by road construction. Citation: Old Hope Cemetery

Idaho City

Boise County Pioneer Cemetery, Chinese Section.  (Map) Citation: Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery

Lewiston

Chinese Section, Normal Hill Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Normal Hill Cemetery

Prospect Park.  (Map) Interpretive sign at former Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Prospect Park

Moscow

Moscow City Cemetery.  (Map) Exhumations, graves reused. Citation: Abraham, Terry and Priscilla Wegars. Respecting the Dead, in Chinese American Death Rituals. 2005. p. 151. 

Pierce

City Park (Chinese Cemetery).  (Map) City park with picnic tables, interpretive signs, and exhumation pits. Citation: Chinese Cemetery

Rathdrum

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Parking lot with interpretive sign.

Silver City

Chinese Cemetery.  

Warren

Chinese Cemetery.   Exhumation pits and interpretive signs. Citation: Warren Chinese Cemetery

Weiser

Chinese Cemetery.   "next to Indianhead Road...." Citation: "Lost but not forgotten." Weiser Signal American, November 12, 2003 (photo). 


Illinois


Chicago

Rosehill Cemetery, Chinese sections (2).  (Map)

Stickney

Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Chinese section.  (Map) Citation: Historic places in Chicago's Chinatown


Louisiana


New Orleans

Cypress Grove Cemetery.  (Map) "several unusual tombs such as that of the Chinese association Soon On Tong" Citation: New Orleans Cemetery Tours


Maryland


Rockville

Parklawn Memorial Park (Chinese National Cemetery).  (Map)


Massachusetts


Boston

Mount Hope Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT MISSION (PDF). 


Minnesota


St. Paul

Oakland Cemetery - Chinese Section.  (Map) Citation: Oakland Cemetery


Mississippi


Greenville

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: GNIS


Missouri


St. Louis

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: GNIS

Valhalla Cemetery.  (Map) "northeast corner holds section of graves of early Chinese-Americans, 1925?" Citation: St. Louis Area Cemeteries


Montana


Butte

Mount Moriah Cemetery.  (Map) Burner Southwest corner of cemetery. Concrete over brick. Vandalized.

Helena

Forestvale Cemetery (China Row).  (Map) Citation: Poorhouses in Montana

Kalispell

Demersville Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Shea, Marie Cuffe. Early Flathead and Tobacco Plains. [Eureka? Mont.]: M.C. Shea, 1977. p. 82. 

Missoula

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Under the nearby Prescott School is also mentioned. HISTORICAL LOCAL CEMETERY SITES (PDF). Citation: Montana:A State Guide Book

Philipsburg

Philipsburg City Cemetery.  (Map)


Nevada


Belleville

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Mineral County Historical Sites

Carlin

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Redeveloped. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn, Frampton, F. P., and Murphy, T. W. Venerate These Bones, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), pp. 107-145. 

Carson City

Chinese Cemetery.   Nevada State Museum Newsletter. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn, Frampton, F. P., and Murphy, T. W. Venerate These Bones, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 110. 

Cherry Creek

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Cherry Creek, Nevada

Elko

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Graves exhumed, "but never shipped". Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn, Frampton, F. P., and Murphy, T. W. Venerate These Bones, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 110. 

Ely

Chinese Cemetery.   Now a school yard. Citation: Personal communication. 

Gold Creek

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn, Frampton, F. P., and Murphy, T. W. Venerate These Bones, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 110. 

Hawthorne

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Hawthorne Chinese Cemetery

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Mineral County Historical Sites

Lovelock

Chinese section, Lone Mountain Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Cemetery renovations are underway

Owhyee

"China Town Cemetery".  (Map) Citation: China Town Cemetery

Reno

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn and Wegars, Priscilla. Introduction in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 8. 

Shoshone Wells

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Personal communication. 

Tuscarora

Chinese Cemetery.   "All appear to have been exhumed and shipped out of state" Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn, Frampton, F. P., and Murphy, T. W. Venerate These Bones, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p.110. 

Virginia City

Virginia City Cemeteries.  (Map) "There is a Chinese cemetery near St. Mary's Hospital" now an art center. Citation: GNIS; Virginia City's historic hill of the dead

Winnemucca

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) "CHINESE CEMETERY, with a pagoda-topped brick oven"; Redeveloped Citation: Nevada:A Guide to the Silver State; Chung, Sue Fawn, Frampton, F. P., and Murphy, T. W. Venerate These Bones, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 110. 


New Jersey


East Brunswick

Frost Woods Memorial Park.  (Map) "a black outdoor chimney" Citation: Annual ceremony ritual at East Brunswick cemetery alarms some

Jersey City

Bayview New York Bay Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Hall, Bruce Edward. Tea That Burns. NY: Free Press, 1999. p. 46. 

Princeton

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) "No evidence of this cemetery remains today" Citation: Cemeteries of South Brunswick

Totowa

Laurel Grove Cemetery.  (Map) Chinese American Memorial Gardens section. Citation: Chinese American Memorial Gardens Memorial Section Dedication . 


New Mexico


Gallup

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: NEW-MEXICO-L Archives


New York


Hawthorne

Mount Pleasant Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: New York TimesMay 6, 2001. 

New York - Brooklyn

Greenwood Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Hall, Bruce Edward. Tea That Burns. NY: Free Press, 1999. p. 46. 


Ohio


Columbus

Eastlawn Cemetery.   "it has quite a few Chinese American graves" Citation: Eastlawn Cemetery


Oregon


Auburn

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Unmarked. Citation: Auburn

Baker City

Mount Hope Cemetery, Chinese Section.  (Map)

Chinese cemetery.  (Map) Burner reconstruction, masonry; corrugated iron roof; one marker; exhumation pits.

Canyon City

Boot Hill Cemetery.  (Map) Citation: Grant County Cemeteries; Micnhimer interview (2001) AACC. 

Champoeg

Champoeg Cemetery.   "Outside edge lots were for Paupers and Chinese burials" Citation: Champoeg Cemetery

Coos Bay

Chinese Cemetery.   "on Telegraph Hill" Citation: Coos Bay; 1940 Oregon Coast Tour

Granite

Chinese Cemetery.  (Map) Removed. Citation: Wegars, Priscilla. The Ah Hee Diggings. (1995) p. 40. 

Jacksonville

Jacksonville Cemetery.  (Map) "Chinese miners were dug up by family members in the 1920s and returned to their homelands for proper burials" Citation: Fun Walks Through Historic Cemeteries

John Day

Chinese Cemetery.   S. of mill on hill West of town - exhumation pits. Citation: Micnhimer interview (2001) AACC. 

Restlawn Cemetery.  (Map) AKA Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Restlawn Cemetery

Pendleton

Olney Cemetery.  (Map) Burner vandalized, now has concrete cap. Citation: Asian American Sites

Portland

Lone Fir Cemetery.  (Map) Most graves removed for building construction; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY'S MORRISON PROPERTY (PDF). Citation: Smits, Nicholas J. Roots entwined: Archaeology of an urban Chinese American Cemetery. Historical Archaeology 42:3 (2008)111-122. 

Sparta

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: GNIS: Wegars, Priscilla. The Ah Hee Diggings. (1995) p. 23. 

Sumpter

Chinese Cemetery.   Removed. Citation: Wegars, Priscilla. The Ah Hee Diggings. (1995) p. 24. 

The Dalles

Pioneer Cemetery.  (Map) "There is said to be a Chinese section of this cemetery west of marked burial ground" Citation: Pioneer Cemetery

Waldo

Waldo Chinese Cemetery.   "Cave Junction vicinity" Citation: National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List


Pennsylvania


Bala Cynwyd

Merion Memorial Park.  (Map) Burner. Citation: Zhang, Juwen. 2001. Falling Seeds Take Root. PhD thesis U of Pennsylvania; 215 (photo p. 235). 


South Dakota


Deadwood

Mount Moriah Cemetery.  (Map) Burner removed. Citation: Mount Moriah


Texas


El Paso

Concordia Cemetery.  (Map) Masonry? burner with concrete facing. Citation: Crawford, Sybil. 2001. 19th, 20th, and 21st Century Gravestones. AGS (Association for Gravestone Studies) Quarterly 25:2(Spring) 11-12. 

San Antonio

Chinese Cemetery.   Citation: Texas Haunted Cemeteries


Utah


Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City Cemetery.  (Map) "a square cement box where, when a burial took place, a part of the clothing of the deceased, prayers written on paper, and incense were burned" Citation: HANDCART-L Archives

Silver Reef

Chinese Cemetery.   "There was a Chinese Cemetery" Citation: Historical Silver Reef, Utah!


Washington


Olympia

Forest Memorial Gardens.  (Map) "located just inside the gate, on the raised ground to the left" Citation: Olympia Chinese

Seattle

Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.  (Map) "home to the Chong Wa Society Chinese Cemetery" Citation: Mt. Pleasant Cemetery

Walla Walla

Mountain View Cemetery.  (Map) Red brick burner, sloping cap. Citation: http://www.cinarc.org/Topics.html#anchor_360

Vanuatu


Port Vila

  "Chinese gravestones in the old cemetery at Vila" Citation: Early History of the Chinese in Vanuatu


Acknowledgments

Thanks to those who have contributed information for this list: John Adams, John Atkin, Peter Bell, Randall Bloch, Anthony Briggs, Mel Brown, Jerry Bryant, Sue Fawn Chung, Mellissa Edwards, Roberta Greenwood, Gordon Grimwade, Wallace R. Hagaman, Barbara Hickson, Glen Hodges, Jenny Hodges, Carol Holsworth, Gilbert Hom, Lon Johnson, Sharon Keen, David Kerkkonen, Hiroko Kowta, Sandy Lydon, Mary L. Maniery, Randy Meeks, Chris Merritt, John Mihelich, Sylvia Sun Minnick, LaVada Nudo, Lucky Owyang, Gertrude Perkins, Wendy Rouse, Ted Shaw, Carrie Wills, Ian Welch, Janis Wilton, Jim Wong, Ken Wou, and especially Priscilla Wegars.


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