Folsom Prison Cemetery

Represa, Sacramento County, California, USA

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Get directions 300 Prison Road
Represa, California 95671 United States

Coordinates: 38.69529, -121.16367
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The Folsom Prison Cemetery was used from 1880 through 1959 with over 600 men buried there. The original location of the burial grounds was about a quarter of a mile above what is now Folsom Dam. In 1896 floodwaters swept coffins into the river, dislodging the corpses from their pine boxes. Prison officials then interred the remains in a new spot, about a half mile uphill from the original burial grounds. In 1913 the remains were exhumed and reburied at their present site which is another half mile uphill.

The cemetery is on prison grounds and is not accessible to the public. All prisoners buried in the Folsom Prison Cemetery are memorialized on the Find a Grave website.

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