Cemeteries in the City of Los Angeles

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

Los Angeles Plaza Church Cemetery
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La Placita Church Cemetery
also known as:

La Iglesia de Nuestra Senora Reina de Los Angeles Cemetery
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
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Hill Cemetery
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Los Angeles City Cemetery
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Protestant Cemetery
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 full burial list and complete history of the cemetery can be found on the Southern California Genealogical Society website.

Old Calvary Cemetery
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
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.

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

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

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

Calvary Cemetery
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
840 Echo Park Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90026 http://cathedralcenter.ladiocese.org/

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
555 W. Temple Street, Los Angeles, California 90012 Phone: 213-680-5200 http://www.olacathedral.org/

Chapel Of The Pines Crematory
also known as:

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

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

Evergreen Cemetery
204 North Evergreen Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033-3654 Phone: 323-268-6714 established on August 23, 1877