About Colma, CA
The San Francisco Bay Area town of Colma, California, is referred to as the “City of Souls” because it is home to numerous cemeteries, including Cypress Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park. The beginnings of Colma can be traced to the California Gold Rush, which brought in a large influx of people who later needed to be buried. In the late 1800s, San Francisco began to be less receptive to housing the remains of the deceased, claiming that cemeteries were a nuisance and a health hazard. Many people believed that the cemeteries were a waste of potentially useful land.



