Collection: San Marcos Cemetery - San Marcos

The San Marcos Cemetery lies on Mulberry Drive just north of Mission Avenue. The cemetery was created in 1894 when a pioneering family named Littlefield needed a place to bury its matriarch, Nellie Littlefield. She died February 23, 1894 when the isolated town of San Marcos did not have an official cemetery. The Littlefield's got together with some of the other area families and formed the San Marcos Cemetery Association. The Association members maintained their own areas of responsibility within the seven-acre cemetery. During the Depression (April 28, 1930) when workers throughout the nation were looking for employment through federal programs, the cemetery association became a Public Cemetery District. This made it eligible for road improvements through a public works program. The cemetery's roads were improved and gutters installed by the public workers. They graded the land and landscaped the cemetery by planting trees and shrubs. Water was piped in from the nearby Vista Water Dis