Coordinates: 33°48′16″N 118°10′37″W / 33.80447°N 118.17692°W / 33.80447; -118.17692

Long Beach Municipal Cemetery

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Long Beach Municipal Cemetery
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Establishedc. 1901
Location
1151 East Willow Street,
Signal Hill, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Coordinates33°48′16″N 118°10′37″W / 33.80447°N 118.17692°W / 33.80447; -118.17692
TypePublic
Owned byCity of Long Beach
Size4.3 ha (11 acres)
Websitehttps://www.longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/long-beach-municipal-cemetery/
Find a GraveLong Beach Municipal Cemetery

Long Beach Municipal Cemetery, is a cemetery established as early as 1901 and located at the northwest corner of Willow Street and Orange Avenue in Signal Hill, California.[1][2] It is located next door, and east of Sunnyside Cemetery.[1] It was formerly known as Long Beach Signal Hill Cemetery, and also known as Long Beach Cemetery.[1] Many of the Municipal Cemetery's records were destroyed in a 1936 fire.[3]

Notable burials

Many of the early pioneer families of the city are buried here.[4] Other burials include:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Schipske, Gerrie (2016-09-19). Historic Cemeteries of Long Beach. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4396-5765-2.
  2. ^ Keister, Douglas (2010-05-01). Forever L.A.: A Field Guide To Los Angeles Area Cemeteries & Their Residents. Gibbs Smith. p. 246. ISBN 978-1-4236-1653-5.
  3. ^ a b Schipske, Gerrie (11 May 2017). "Why We Had Two Sunnyside Cemeteries". Beachcomber.
  4. ^ a b Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels. Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration. University of California Press. 2011-04-05. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-520-94886-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ Schipske, Gerrie (2011). Early Long Beach. Arcadia Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7385-7577-3.
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