Just off the Imperial Highway, on the border of Yorba Linda and Anaheim Hills lie the remains of Orange County’s first settlers.
The Yorba Cemetery, established in 1858 by Bernardo Yorba, is the oldest private cemetery in the county. It was originally created to hold Yorba’s closest friends and family, but ended up having over 400 burials, according to local tour guides.
Once a month, except May, OC residents can take a guided tour by Ann Nepsa, a genealogist and Melanie Goss, a mother-daughter duo that has been working together to restore the cemetery and educate people on its history since 2001.
Nepsa is the primary researcher and Goss presented the information during most of the tour…