The Salt Lake City Cemetery is a cemetery in northeastern
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...
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Utah
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, United States,
that is one of the largest city-operated cemeteries in the United States.
Description
The cemetery is located above 4th Avenue and east of N Street
[ in The Avenues neighborhood of ]Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...
. 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
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...
(LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. It covers over ["Salt Lake City Cemetery" (google maps, accessed 8 October 2019)]
/ref> and contains 9 miles of roads.
History
The first burial occurred on September 27, 1848, when George Wallace buried his child, Mary Wallace. In 1849, George Wallace, Daniel H. Wells
Daniel Hanmer Wells (October 27, 1814 – March 24, 1891) was an American apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and the 3rd mayor of Salt Lake City.
Biography
Early life
Wells was born in Trenton, New Yor ...
, and Joseph Heywood surveyed at the same site for the area's burial grounds. In 1851, Salt Lake City was incorporated and the 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
The Canadian Army (french: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also respo ...
soldier of World War I
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CWGC casualty record.
See also
* List of burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery
The northern section of the cemetery at night, looking towards Salt Lake City
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 ...
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External links
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Cemeteries & Burials
Heritage.utah.gov
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The Political Graveyard
The Political Graveyard is a website and database that catalogues information on more than 277,000 American political figures and political families, along with other information. The name comes from the website's inclusion of burial locations of ...
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1847 establishments in Utah
Buildings and structures in Salt Lake City
Cemeteries in Utah
Historic American Landscapes Survey in Utah