Deadwood Cemeteries

The City of Deadwood owns and manages three cemeteries. The active cemetery for the City of Deadwood is Oakridge Cemetery, located southeast of the city. The other two cemeteries are historic and include Mt. Moriah Cemetery and St. Ambrose Catholic Cemetery.  You may no longer purchase burial plots in Mt. Moriah or St. Ambrose Cemeteries. 

For the past several years, there has been an increasing interest in the preservation of Deadwood’s cemeteries. The City of Deadwood and Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission have made a strong commitment to preserve its historic cemeteries beginning with developing a preservation master plan for the Mt. Moriah Cemetery in 1999. In 2003, the St. Ambrose Catholic Parish in Deadwood deeded the St. Ambrose Cemetery to the City of Deadwood. This transfer helped ensure its preservation and future maintenance. The City has committed to preserving the St. Ambrose Cemetery and its important historic resources and maintaining the grounds from this point forward.

These cemeteries, along with Oakridge Cemetery, provide invaluable insight into Deadwood’s development as a gold mining into a Victorian Era city.