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Cave Hill Cemetery

Cave Hill Cemetery is a 296-acre (1.20 km2) Victorian era National Cemetery and arboretum located at Louisville, Kentucky. Its main entrance is on Baxter Avenue and there is a secondary one on Grinstead Drive. It is the largest cemetery by area and number of burials in Louisville.

Location

701 Baxter Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky

38°14′44″N 85°42′58″W / 38.2456°N 85.7161°W / 38.2456; -85.7161

296 acres (1.20 km2)

1848–1913

Corinthian, Victorian

cavehillcemetery.com

79000999

1979

Cave Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Cave Hill National Cemetery, containing military graves, is also on the National Register, added in 1998.[1][2]

Union Monument in Louisville

Union Monument in Louisville

Plaque quoting the poem "Bivouac of the Dead"

Plaque quoting the poem "Bivouac of the Dead"

George Rogers Clark gravestone

George Rogers Clark gravestone

George Rogers Clark gravesite

George Rogers Clark gravesite

George Rogers Clark marker

George Rogers Clark marker

The 32nd Indiana Monument

The 32nd Indiana Monument

Eastern Cemetery (Louisville)

History of Louisville, Kentucky

List of attractions and events in the Louisville metropolitan area

List of botanical gardens and arboretums in the United States

List of mayors of Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville in the American Civil War

National Register of Historic Places listings in The Highlands, Louisville, Kentucky

Thomas, Samuel W., Cave Hill Cemetery: A Pictorial Guide and Its History, Cave Hill Cemetery Company, Louisville, Kentucky 1985

. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2006.

"The Political Graveyard (Jefferson County, Kentucky)"

Official website

Map of the Cemetery

Confederate Burials

Confederate Burials in the Cave Hill National Cemetery

at Find a Grave

Cave Hill National Cemetery

at Find a Grave

Cave Hill Cemetery

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cave Hill Cemetery