Long Beach Municipal Cemetery Explained

Long Beach Municipal Cemetery
Type:	Public
Location:	1151 East Willow Street, Signal Hill, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Size Ha:	4.3
Findagraveid:	187755
Owner:	City of Long Beach
Website:	https://www.longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/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. It was formerly known as Long Beach Signal Hill Cemetery, and also known as Long Beach Cemetery. 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^[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

Notes and References

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