Jerome (Hogback) Cemetery
Established in the late 1800s soon after Jerome's founding, this windswept burial ground sits on Hogback Ridge at the edge of town, reached via North Avenue off Highway 89A. It is believed to hold roughly 400 graves, yet fewer than 40 headstones survive among broken markers and overgrown plots, marking miners killed in mining accidents, victims of the 1918 Spanish flu, and casualties of the violence that earned Jerome its "wickedest town in the West" reputation.
Ghost-tour operators and visitors report the same things near the north end: shadowy figures slipping between weathered tombstones, disembodied voices on the wind, ethereal footsteps, and sudden cold on warm afternoons. Its obscurity, off the main routes and hard to find among winding dirt roads, has only deepened its standing as one of the area's eeriest haunts.
📍 Cemetery Road, Jerome, AZ 86331, Jerome, AZ · Get directions