About Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Compton, Los Angeles County, California. It lies about 1.9 mi northeast of Compton. The grounds sit at about 98 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1670048. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lincoln Memorial Park, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is America's Cremation in Compton, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 101 cemeteries we list in Los Angeles County, and 23 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Los Angeles County dates to 1860. 20 of the 101 listings in Los Angeles County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Compton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.88111, -118.24700
What Woodlawn Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
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- Roosevelt Memorial ParkGardena, CAMemorial park3.0 mi
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Funeral homes near Woodlawn Cemetery
- America's Cremation0.1 miCremation provider · Compton · (310) 637-1966
- Harrison-Ross Mortuary2.0 miMortuary · Compton · (310) 667-4052
- Adams Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Compton · (323) 636-9864
- Lighthouse Memorials & Receptions2.6 miMonument dealer · Gardena · (310) 792-7580
- Burgess Brothers Funeral Directors2.7 miFuneral home · Carson · (310) 400-7467
- Families First Funeral Services2.8 miFuneral home · Carson · (310) 527-7008
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