Cemeteries

Yavapai County maintains ownership of six (6) cemeteries, all located within the county boundaries. Yavapai County Facilities is tasked with the responsibility of maintaining those cemeteries.

Ash Fork Cemetery

Ash Fork Cemetery

48661 N Double A Ranch Road, Ash Fork, Arizona
Map & Directions

  • Located 1.4 miles north of Ash Fork
  • Deeded to Yavapai County in 1911 Note: See Deed No.’s 20653 & 20822 from Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company dated 11-14-1910 and 4-3-1911
  • Yavapai County appropriated maintenance funds until about 1945
  • Ash Fork Cemetery Committee formed on 2-17-1975 for maintenance No Management Agreement
  • Community of Ash Fork has installed (as of 3-10-1975): Water line, Hydrants, Flag pole, Litter barrels, Placed several crosses on unmarked graves, Holds general clean-up every spring, Planted trees (4-H Club)
  • Board of Supervisors approved grave site improvements on 7-9-1984 by next of kin and court-appointed representatives

Citizens Cemetery

Citizens Cemetery

815 East Sheldon Street, Prescott, Arizona
Map & Directions

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  • Deed from Tinker and Otis to Yavapai County 10-13-1884
  • Cemetery Management Agreement with Yavapai Cemetery Association 4-1-2003 to 6-30-2008

Yavapai County Cemetery (Ainsworth Street)

800 Ainsworth Street, Prescott, Arizona
Map & Directions

  • Located off Division/Ainsworth, Prescott, adjacent to Mountain View Cemetery
  • Recorded in Book 15, page 59. (This information was in the B.O.S. files. It may actually be recording information for Yavapai County Cemetery, Mass Burial, located off Iron Springs Road, since same information was located in that file)
  • Management Agreement with Yavapai Cemetery Association dated 2-2-1998; terminated 2-1-2005

Black Canyon City Municipal Memorial Park

Black Canyon City, Arizona
Map & Directions

  • Located on Memorial Lane (named in BCC Community Association minutes 6-6-1975), adjacent to community Park
  • BLM Patent for 5 acres to Yavapai County Board of Supervisors – 11-13-1968
  • BLM Patent for 2.5 acres to Yavapai County Board of Supervisors – 11-16-1984
  • Black Canyon City Community Association, Inc., to administer and maintain cemetery – Resolution 217 dated 10-4-1971
  • Black Canyon City Community Association to carry insurance coverage – Resolution 396 dated 10-16-1978 (disputed)
  • BLM Lease A9885 for 5 acres of land for park use, including letter allowing for application for additional .51 acre of cemetery land

Congress Cemetery

Congress, Arizona (located off Ghost Town Rd on Cemetery Rd)
Map & Directions

  • BLM Patent for 1.64 acres to Yavapai County Board of Supervisors – 7-21-1966
  • No management agreement

Yavapai County Cemetery (Iron Springs Road)

Prescott, Arizona

  • Located off Iron Springs Road, Prescott
  • Note in B.O.S. file: Recorded in Book 15, Page 59 (may actually be recording information for Yavapai County Cemetery – Ainsworth/Division/ Mountain View, since the same information was located in that file)
  • No management agreement
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