Updates and notices from Byron-Brentwood-Knightsen Union Cemetery District
Our district publishes all public notices on the site. Other general announcements may be posted on the website and our community bulletin board, as appropriate. PLEASE NOTE: DISTRICT MEETINGS WILL NOW START AT 9:00 AM, ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY, EVERY OTHER MONTH (February, April, June, August,…
The Union Cemetery Association was established November 1, 1878, when Colburn Preston, a pioneer from the Point of Timber area, sold four acres, specifying that the land must be used solely for a cemetery. Prior to that, burials were performed on family property or at the Point of Timber graveyard…
The Union Cemetery District has created a list of its most prominent and interesting burials, ranging from famous people to unusual and unique characters. There are several more early pioneers of Eastern Contra Costa County buried at Union Cemetery that were not put on this list. For more…