Ashland Cemeteries

Although funded through the Cemetery Fund, the Facilities Maintenance Division manages the cemeteries.

The Cemetery staff operates and maintains the City’s three cemeteries:  Ashland Cemetery established in 1880; Mountain View Cemetery established 1904 and Hargadine Cemetery established in 1868.  All of the cemeteries are listed in the National Registry of Historic Places.  They total approximately 30 acres with over 11,500 cemetery plots.

Staff maintains cemetery grounds, sells plots and headstones, conducts interments and provides other services as needed.  The watering and tree care is coordinated with the Parks Department.  

Division Goals

Ø     Reduce cemetery vandalism to the headstones and markers with the addition of appropriate fencing or patrols.

Ø     Maintain and continually improve our historic cemeteries in a manner to ensure we respond to the reverence and quality needed for cemetery facilities of our nature.

Ø     Continue successes with the Parks Department in implementing routine maintenance schedules for the cemeteries to address sprinkler maintenance and other ground issues.

Ø     Implement cost efficient measures for long-term cemetery restoration and maintenance guidelines, with an historic perspective.