Evergreen Cemetery (Los Angeles)

Evergreen Memorial Park & Crematory
Breed family monument and Japanese tombstones
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Established1877 (1877)
Location
204 N. Evergreen Avenue
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°02′25″N 118°11′52″W / 34.0402899°N 118.1978499°W / 34.0402899; -118.1978499[1]
TypePrivate
Size67 acres (27 ha)
No. of graves>300,000
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Evergreen Memorial Park & Crematory is a cemetery in the East Side neighborhood of Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California.

Evergreen has several prominent individuals of historical Southern California on its grounds. Many pioneers are interred here, names such as Bixby, Coulter, Hollenbeck, Lankershim, Van Nuys, and Workman.[2] There are politicians, notably former Mayors of Los Angeles. The Garden of the Pines section of the cemetery is a memorial to Japanese Issei pioneers.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Evergreen Cemetery (Los Angeles)
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