Mountain View Cemetery (Fresno)
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Fresno, California
| Mountain View Cemetery | |
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 Headstone at Mountain View Cemetery in 2014 | |
 Interactive map of Mountain View Cemetery | |
| Details | |
| Location | 1411 West Belmont Ave., Fresno, California |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 36°44′59″N 119°49′36″W / 36.74972°N 119.82667°W |
| Find a Grave | Mountain View Cemetery |
Mountain View Cemetery is a cemetery in Fresno, California, opened in the 1880s.[1]
In the early 1880s, Moses J. Church donated 80 acres of land along Belmont Avenue for the establishment of cemeteries.[2][3] He named the combined plot Mountain View Cemetery but subdivided it and allocated it to a number of groups, such as Catholic, Seventh-Day Adventist, Episcopal, Christian, Masonic, Odd Fellows and many others.[3] No fences were installed between the areas. John S. Eastwood performed the initial survey the property in 1888 as Fresno's City Engineer at the time.[4] The 10-acres of donated land earmarked for the Armenian community became Ararat Cemetery.[5]
Upkeep for the cemetery was assigned to the local Odd Fellows lodge.[6] In 1910, citizens became concerned with plant overgrowth and lack of a map showing ownership of individual plots at the cemetery. They formed the "Mountain View Cemetery Improvement Association" and took over some management duties.[6]
