Downey District Cemetery

Downey District Cemetery is a cemetery in Los Angeles, Southern California, California which is located on Gardendale Street. Downey District Cemetery is situated nearby to the railway station Lakewood Boulevard station, as well as near the town Paramount.

Email: cemeterydistrict@downeyca.org
Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in Los Angeles County, California, United States
Also known as: “Old Downey Cemetery”
Address: 9073 Gardendale Street, Downey, CA 90242

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lakewood Boulevard station and Columbia Memorial Space Center.

Lakewood Boulevard station

Railway station

Photo: METRO96, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lakewood Boulevard station is a below-grade light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is situated in the median of Interstate 105, below Lakewood Boulevard, after which the station is named. Lakewood Boulevard station is situated 1,100 feet north of Downey District Cemetery.

Columbia Memorial Space Center

Museum

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

The Columbia Memorial Space Center is a science museum in the Los Angeles area, in the City of Downey, California, US. It is owned and operated by Downey, and open to the general public as a hands-on space museum and activity center. Columbia Memorial Space Center is situated 4,200 feet northeast of Downey District Cemetery.

Paramount High School

School

Paramount High School is a comprehensive public high school in Paramount, California, USA. It is part of the Paramount Unified School District. The school serves students in grades 9–12 on two campuses, West Campus for 9th grade students and Senior Campus for grades 10–12. Paramount High School is situated 1 mile southwest of Downey District Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gateway Cities and Paramount.

Gateway Cities

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The largely suburban and industrial Gateway Cities of Los Angeles County in Southern California make up the southeastern portion of the county, lying between the City of Los Angeles proper and the border of the county with Orange County.

Paramount

Town

Photo: peter boy12qq12, CC BY 3.0.

Paramount is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 53,733, down from 54,098 at the 2010 census. Paramount is situated 2 miles southwest of Downey District Cemetery.

Downey

Photo: Rafajs77, Public domain.

Downey is a city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States, 13 mi southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. It is considered part of the Gateway Cities.

Downey District Cemetery

Category: burial
Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.91017° or 33° 54′ 37″ north

Longitude

-118.14091° or 118° 8′ 27″ west

Elevation

92 feet (28 metres)

Open location code

8553WV65+3J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 27768578

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

5378983

Wikidata ID

Q117444820

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