Founded in 1884 

The cemetery is maintained by the City of Black Diamond. It is open to the public. We do have on file records of burials and can assist with family research information. The City of Black Diamond provides a website where you can also search the cemetery map by name, year or lot. Click on the links below.

The Black Diamond Historical Society does conduct tours of the cemetery. Check our EVENTS calendar for upcoming dates.

The Black Diamond Cemetery, founded in 1884, sits on Cemetery Hill Road, hidden by a row of trees and marked by a wooden sign erected by local Scouts. Black Diamond’s Historic Cemetery is located at 24431 Morgan Street. Get Directions.

The cemetery has more than 1,200 graves, giving visitors a sense of the cultural diversity and tragedy that existed in Black Diamond when coal mining was at its peak. Tombstones mark graves of residents who came from Wales, Italy, Australia, Russia, Germany and many other countries.

Former Mayor Howard Botts says a Civil War veteran is buried there, as are many children who died in the early 1900s in epidemics of smallpox and the flu. At least half a dozen graves mark those of mine workers who died in explosions in 1902, 1910 and 1915. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in April 2000. (Article by Dana Blozis, SE Living, 2007).