Long Beach Municipal Cemetery

Long Beach Municipal Cemetery
Details
Established	c. 1901
Location	1151 East Willow Street, Signal Hill, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Coordinates	33.80447°N 118.17692°W / 33.80447; -118.17692
Type	Public
Owned by	City of Long Beach
Size	4.3 ha (11 acres)
Website	https://www.longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/long-beach-municipal-cemetery/
Find a Grave	Long 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:

• W.L. Cuthbert, the first Long Beach city health official
• William Erwin Willmore, founder of Willmore City^[4][5]
• Alexander H. Jones, politician who served as a Congressional Representative from North Carolina
• Milton F. Neece, died 1878, oldest known grave^[3]

See also

• List of cemeteries in California

References

1. 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. Schipske, Gerrie (11 May 2017). "Why We Had Two Sunnyside Cemeteries". Beachcomber.
4. 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.
5. Schipske, Gerrie (2011). Early Long Beach. Arcadia Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7385-7577-3.