{"id":233,"date":"2023-01-03T21:26:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T06:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/23\/?p=233"},"modified":"2023-01-13T21:28:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T06:28:44","slug":"this-el-dorado-hills-cemetery-was-created-to-replace-one-folsom-lake-submerged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/23\/culture\/history\/this-el-dorado-hills-cemetery-was-created-to-replace-one-folsom-lake-submerged\/","title":{"rendered":"This El Dorado Hills cemetery was created to replace one Folsom Lake submerged"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. (by:\u00a0Megan Camponovo<\/a> KTXL) \u2014 A\u00a0cemetery<\/a> in El Dorado Hills was created to replace the original cemetery that was submerged by Folsom Lake.\u00a0 When the Folsom Dam was built in 1955, Mormon Island Cemetery was created as a replacement for several cemeteries that were submerged under Folsom Lake.<\/p>\n

The cemetery was built in 1954 by the Army Corps of Engineers and is one of the largest cemeteries in El Dorado County at approximately 5 acres. About half of the area is undeveloped and is being saved by the county for future relocations.<\/p>\n

Remains from the following cemeteries have been relocated to Mormon Island Cemetery: the original Mormon Island Cemetery, Salmon Falls, Condemned Bar, Carrollton Bar, McDowell\u2019s Hill, Natural Dam and Doton\u2019s Bar cemeteries. Five individual graves were also relocated there.<\/p>\n

Mormon Island has 474 plots that are occupied, while 17 plots have been purchased for future use.<\/p>\n