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Cemeteries

Historic cemeteries in Kentucky.

Frankfort Cemetery

Franklin County · 1844

Hilltop rural cemetery (1844) overlooking the capital — Daniel and Rebecca Boone were reinterred here.

Hilltop rural cemetery overlooking the capital, incorporated in 1844 and NRHP-listed (74000872). Daniel and Rebecca Boone were reinterred here in 1845; nineteen Kentucky governors including William Goebel, Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson, and Marine hero Presley O'Bannon also rest on the bluff.

56 places

  • African Cemetery No. 2 Fayette County · 1869
  • Bellevue Cemetery Boyle County · 1848
  • Berrytown Cemetery Jefferson County · 1890
  • Camp Nelson National Cemetery Jessamine County · 1866
  • Cave Hill Cemetery Jefferson County · 1848
  • Cave Hill National Cemetery Jefferson County · 1861
  • Danville National Cemetery Boyle County · 1862
  • East Broadway Cemetery Clark County · 1833
  • Eastern Cemetery Jefferson County · 1854
  • Elizaville Cemetery Fleming County
  • Elk Creek Cemetery (James Morrison Heady) Spencer County
  • Episcopal Burying Ground and Chapel Fayette County · 1832
  • Evergreen Cemetery Campbell County · 1850
  • Fairview Cemetery Warren County · 1860
  • Fernwood Cemetery Henderson County · 1849
  • Forest Home Cemetery Jefferson County
  • Frankfort Cemetery Franklin County · 1844
  • Frankfort State Hospital and School Cemetery Franklin County · 1860
  • Georgetown Cemetery Scott County · 1850
  • Glasgow Municipal Cemetery Barren County
  • Good Spring Baptist Church and Cemetery Edmonson County · 1842
  • Greenhill Cemetery Franklin County · 1865
  • Grove Hill Cemetery Shelby County · 1855
  • Hawes Family Cemetery Daviess County · 1810
  • Helm Cemetery Hardin County
  • Highland Cemetery Kenton County · 1869
  • Isaac Shelby Cemetery State Historic Site Lincoln County · 1826
  • John Littlejohn Cemetery Logan County
  • Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery Edmonson County · 1860
  • Lancaster Cemetery Garrard County · 1861
  • Lebanon National Cemetery Marion County · 1862
  • Lexington Cemetery Fayette County · 1849
  • Lexington National Cemetery Fayette County · 1861
  • Linden Grove Cemetery Kenton County · 1843
  • Long Run Baptist Church and Cemetery Jefferson County · 1797
  • Louisville Cemetery Jefferson County · 1886
  • Machpelah Cemetery Montgomery County · 1855
  • Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery Edmonson County · 1827
  • Matthew Lyon Grave Lyon County · 1822
  • McCoy Cemetery Pike County
  • Mill Springs National Cemetery Pulaski County · 1862
  • Mount Kenton Cemetery McCracken County · 1872
  • Mystery Cemetery Bullitt County
  • New Providence Presbyterian Cemetery Mercer County · 1785
  • Old Fort Harrod Pioneer Cemetery Mercer County · 1775
  • Old Greenville Cemetery Muhlenberg County · 1825
  • Old Mulkey Meetinghouse Cemetery Monroe County · 1804
  • Paris Cemetery Bourbon County · 1847
  • Pennsylvania Run Presbyterian Church and Cemetery Jefferson County · 1790
  • Pewee Valley Confederate Cemetery Oldham County · 1904
  • Red River Presbyterian Meetinghouse Site and Cemetery Logan County · 1800
  • Richmond Cemetery Madison County · 1848
  • Sons & Daughters of Relief Cemetery Woodford County · 1876
  • The Old Cemetery (Cynthiana) Harrison County · 1793
  • Tompkinsville National Cemetery Monroe County · 1861
  • Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Jefferson County · 1926