Cemeteries in the City of Los Angeles (2024)

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The earliest cemeteries in Los Angeles, California are now defunct. Here is a list by date. Current operating cemeteries are listed alphabetically below.

Former Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Los Angeles Plaza Church Cemetery[edit | edit source]

also known as:

La Placita Church Cemetery[edit | edit source]

also known as:

La Iglesia de Nuestra Senora Reina de Los Angeles Cemetery[edit | edit source]

Location 521 N. Main Street, Los Angeles, California
Opened in 1820
The remains of those buried at La Placita were relocated to Old Calvary Cemetery on Buena Vista (now North Broadway).

Fort Moore Cemetery[edit | edit source]

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Hill Cemetery[edit | edit source]

also known as:

Los Angeles City Cemetery[edit | edit source]

also known as:

Protestant Cemetery[edit | edit source]

Location Los Angeles
First burials were probably in 1847. First recorded burial was 1853.
Moving remains started in 1913 and the last of the interred were moved in 1947 so they thought. During a 2006 building project 80 more were found and reinterred in the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery.
A complete history of the cemetery can be found on the Southern California Genealogical Society website here. An alphabetical burial list is found here.

Old Calvary Cemetery[edit | edit source]

corner of Bishops Road and North Broadway, Los Angeles

In 1896, New Calvary Cemetery was established on Whittier Boulevard just east of downtown Los Angeles. Most, but not all, of those buried at "Old Calvary" were relocated to "New Calvary." Some went to other cemeteries in the area.

Masonic Cemetery[edit | edit source]

1030 S Downey Road, Los Angeles,California
The defunct Masonic Cemetery was located on the grounds of the now Mt. Zion Cemetery in Boyle Heights.

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Agudath Achim Cemetery[edit | edit source]

1022 South Downey Rd., Los Angeles, California 90023
Phone: 323-653-8886 Opened in 1919

Angelus Rosedale Cemetery[edit | edit source]

1831 W. Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, California USA
Phone: (323) 734-3155 Established in 1884. http://angelusrosedale.com/

Beth Israel Cemetery[edit | edit source]

1068 S. Downey Road, Los Angeles, California 90023
Phone: 213-653-8886 Opened 1907

Beth Olam Cemetery[edit | edit source]

900 N. Gower St., Hollywood, CA 90038
(323) 469-2322

This cemetery is associated with the larger Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Calvary Cemetery[edit | edit source]

4201 Whittier Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90023-2017
Phone: 323-261-3106
http://www.la-archdiocese.org/org/cemeteries/directory/Pages/Calvary-LA.aspx

Cathedral Center of Saint Paul Columbarium[edit | edit source]

840 Echo Park Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90026

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels[edit | edit source]

555 W. Temple Street, Los Angeles, California 90012
Phone: 213-680-5200 http://www.olacathedral.org/

Chapel Of The Pines Crematory[edit | edit source]

also known as:

Los Angeles Crematory[edit | edit source]

1605 S. Catalina, Los Angeles, California 90006
Phone: 323-731-5734

Chinese Cemetery[edit | edit source]

102 S. Eastern Ave., Los Angeles, California 90022
Phone: 213-265-3709 opened in 1922 previous Chinese burials were in Evergreen Cemetery.

Evergreen Cemetery[edit | edit source]

204 North Evergreen Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033-3654
Phone: 323-268-6714 established on August 23, 1877
Five acres were reserved here as a "potters field" for poor residents buried at public expense.
Burials were discontinued in 1922; thereafter indigents were cremated and the cremains interred once a year.

Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)[edit | edit source]

6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, California 90068
Phone: 800-204-3131
http://forestlawn.com/hollywood-hills/

Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple[edit | edit source]

505 E. 3rd Street, (Little Tokyo), California 90013
Phone: 213-626-4200 Established 1904
http://hhbt-la.org/

Hillside Memorial Park[edit | edit source]

6001 Centinela Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90045
(800) 576-1994 Opened in 1946 http://www.hillsidememorial.com/

Hollywood Forever Cemetery[edit | edit source]

also known as

Hollywood Memorial Cemetery[edit | edit source]

6000 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, California USA
Phone: (323) 469-1181

Founded in 1899. Paramount Studios was built on the back half of the original Hollywood Cemetery, where the studio is still in operation today.

Home of Peace Memorial Park[edit | edit source]

also known as

Beth David Cemetery[edit | edit source]

4334 Whittier Blvd., East Los Angeles, California 90023
Phone: 323-261-6135 http://homeofpeacememorialpark.com/

Opened in 1855, at current location from 1902.
Originally founded as the cemetery of the Hebrew Benevolent Society. Home of Peace absorbed Beth David Cemetery in the 1950s.

Los Angeles County Crematorium Cemetery[edit | edit source]

3301 E. 1st Street, Boyle Heights, California 90063
Phone: (323) 268-5111
Working with Chapel of the Pines Crematory, this facility cares for the indigent. Unclaimed remains are cremated, stored individually for several years, and then buried in a common grave by year group. All lookups are researched from large handwritten ledgers. If you have a death certificate that indicates the person was sent to the Los Angeles County Crematory, and have the cremation date (usually much later than the date of death), staff will gladly confirm final disposition. In most cases, that will be in which common year grave the cremains were buried, but occasionally they will find that cremains were sent elsewhere for scattering or interment.^[1]

Los Angeles National Cemetery[edit | edit source]

also known as

Sawtelle Veteran’s Cemetery[edit | edit source]

950 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90049
Phone: (310) 268-4675 http://www.cem.va.gov/CEMs/nch...

Mount Olive Memorial Park[edit | edit source]

7231 E. Slauson Ave., Los Angeles, California 90040 opened in 1948
Phone: (310) 208-7514

Mount Sinai Memorial Park[edit | edit source]

5950 Forest Lawn Dr., Los Angeles, California 90068
Phone: 800-600-0076 http://www.mt-sinai.com/about/

Mount Zion Cemetery[edit | edit source]

1030 S Downey Rd
Los Angeles, California 90023

Opened 1916 Contact Home of Peace Cemetery for information at: (323) 261-6135. The defunct Masonic Cemetery was located on the grounds of the now Mt. Zion Cemetery in Boyle Heights, adjacent to Beth Israel Cemetery.

Odd Fellows Cemetery[edit | edit source]

also known as

IOOF Cemetery[edit | edit source]

3640 Whittier Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90023
Phone: 323-261-6156

Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park[edit | edit source]

also known as

Blessed Hope Memorial Park[edit | edit source]

also known as

Restland Memorial Park[edit | edit source]

also known as

Valhalla Memorial Park[edit | edit source]

10621 Victory Boulevard, North Hollywood, California 91606
Phone: (818) 763-9121
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Russian Molokan Cemetery (old)[edit | edit source]

4319 East 2nd. Street
Los Angeles, California USA

Many Russian Molokans were buried in the Evergreen Cemetery or the L.A. County Cemetery, and relocated here when the property was purchased.

Many of the old wooden markers have since disappeared. Some old stone markers remain and some have been replaced by newer ones.

Saint Mary of the Angels Anglican Church[edit | edit source]

4510 Finley Ave.
Los Angeles, California 90027
Phone: 323-660-2700 http://www.stmaryoftheangels.o...

Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral[edit | edit source]

1324 South Normandie Ave.
Los Angeles, California 90006
Phone: 323-737-2424 http://www.stsophia.org/

Serbian United Benevolent Society Cemetery[edit | edit source]

4355 E. Second Street
Los Angeles, California 90022
Phone: (323) 261-8033

Westwood Memorial Park[edit | edit source]

also known as

Sunset Cemetery[edit | edit source]

1218 Glendon Ave, Los Angeles, California 90024
Phone: 310-474-1579 Fax number 310-474-0917

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