Quite often, these people elect to be buried there for economical reasons and for pride. Each large city has at least one national cemetery. The National Cemetery Administration is responsible for operating the cemeteries in the national cemetery system. Their website provides a list of the cemeteries with addresses and phone numbers, as well as information on how to obtain military records. The decedent's financial status Families with little money often bury their dead in public cemeteries.
Public cemeteries offer burials at nominal cost.
A cemetery district usually has two or three cemeteries in operation, and these cemeteries are usually among the oldest operating cemeteries in the area. Most cemetery districts actually have their own websites, as they are government agencies. Locate the county website, and from their locate a list of county agencies. Conversely, wealthy families tend to bury their dead in privately owned and operated cemeteries, where they can purchase enough land to buffer themselves from other graves, build mausoleums, and erect monuments.