Yankee Hill Cemetery in Yankee Hill, California

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Coordinates: 39.72448, -121.50364
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The Yankee Hill Cemetery is located on private land and was part of a 74 acre parcel homesteaded by John V. Goode, who was a miner in Cherokee and who later took up farming on the 74 acres. It was John V. Goode who first allowed the burials on his property. Goode sold the 74 acres to George Washington North for $1500 on April 16, 1890. At the time he sold the property to North in 1890, it appears there had been 7 known burials. North would continue allowing burials until he died in November 1901. At the time of North's death, there were 12 known burials. George Washington North and his wife Anne, who died 3 months before him, are both buried in the Yankee Hill Cemetery. Their graves are marked with a single wooden marker that is no longer readable. George Washington North is the second cousin of Rufus North who started the Concow Cemetery in 1884.

The earliest grave with a marker is Jane Wellington, who died April 26, 1880. She was the mother of Fred Wellington, a well-known miner at the time who lived at Big Bend. Fred Wellington was buried in the cemetery in 1893.

The Yankee Hill Cemetery was first recognized by the County Board of Supervisors in 1908 when they appointed caretakers. The land has been sold and resold several times and later subdivided until the cemetery now lies on 2.29 acres. The graves now number over 200. Many prominent family members are buried there. To this date the property is still in private hands.