The Salt Lake City Cemetery is in The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. Approximately 120,000 persons are buried in the cemetery. Many religious leaders and politicians, particularly many leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. It encompasses over 250 acres (1.0 km2) and contains 9 1â„2 miles of roads. It is the largest city-operated cemetery in the United States.
History
The first burial occurred on September 27, 1847, when George Wallace buried his child, Mary Wallace. The burial was two months after the Mormon pioneers had settled the Salt Lake Valley. In 1849, George Wallace, Daniel H. Wells, and Joseph Heywood surveyed 20 acres (81,000Â m2) at the same site for the area's burial grounds. In 1851, Salt Lake City was incorporated and the 20 acres (81,000Â m2) officially became the Salt Lake City Cemetery with George Wallace as its first sexton.
The cemetery contains one British Commonwealth war grave, of a Canadian Army soldier of World War I.
See also
- List of people buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery
Notes
References
- Arave, Lynn (1999-05-19), "S.L. Cemetery Is Alive with History The Famous and the Humble Rest in Peace Together", Deseret NewsÂ
- Hilton, Linda K.; Andrus, Rob; Opfermann, Ben (1995), The Famous and Infamous: a guide to the Salt Lake City Cemetery (map), Salt Lake City: Mohawk Publishing, ISBNÂ 0-9648578-0-4, OCLCÂ 39385266Â
Further reading
- Burke, Leann (July 19, 2013), "Salt Lake City Cemetery: Where Mormon history lives", The Salt Lake Tribune, retrieved 2013-08-16Â
External links
- Official website
- Cemeteries & Burials, Heritage.utah.gov
- Salt Lake City Cemetery at Find A Grave
- Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Salt Lake County, Utah, The Political Graveyard
- Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. UT-2, "Salt Lake City Cemetery, 200 N Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT", 12 photos, 10 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salt Lake City Cemetery
