Buena Vista Cemetery's oldest grave marker, for a six year old boy, has the date of death of June 26, 1855. Older graves may exist that have no markers on them. Buena Vista is the earliest official burial location in Murphys. In 1930, Buena Vista Cemetery was voted as a public cemetery district maintained by property taxes of the district and is run by a board of trustees appointed by the County Board of Supervisors. Many veterans with at least sixteen of them being Civil War veterans call this their final resting place, as well as several Native American families. Grave plots were free to district families until 1967. In 2010, the cemetery became an endowment cemetery meaning that of each plot sold, $4.50 per square foot of plot would go towards the maintenance of the cemetery and when there are no more plots, the cemetery must be closed.
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