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In the 1960s, a push for large companies acquiring smaller funeral homes and cemeteries occurred. [21] Although there has been a consistent push for consolidation, the majority of the industry still consists of small, family-owned businesses. [21] As of 2019, there are around 19,136 funeral homes that provide funeral services in the U.S.
The list of cemeteries in the United States includes both active and historic sites, and does not include pet cemeteries. At the end of the list by states, cemeteries in territories of the United States are included. The list is for notable cemeteries and is not an attempt to list all the cemeteries in the United States.
Due to the scale of death caused by the American Civil War (almost 2% the U.S. population died in the war), the U.S. government outsourced many burials to privately owned rural cemeteries. [17] Since family plot owners could do as they wished with their lots, rural cemeteries that began as orderly and scenic ended up as cluttered and unkempt. [18]
Buddha Karst Preserve is a 37-acre private property owned by Indiana Karst Conservancy. There once was a farm on the land but now it has an interpretive trail and informational kiosk that tells ...
The cemetery became privately owned in 1991 after years of financial hardship. ... County records show that a company named Forever Illinois sold the cemetery and surrounding land for $376,000 to ...
Arlington National Cemetery was established on 13 May 1864, during the American Civil War after Arlington Estate, the land on which the cemetery was built, was confiscated by the U.S. federal government from the private ownership of Confederate States Army general Robert E. Lee's family following a
The cemetery initially consisted of nine leased lots in seven privately owned cemeteries. [3] In 1881, Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs recommended the consolidation of all veteran interments in Philadelphia into one cemetery. [4] The U.S. Federal Government purchased 13.32 acres (5.39 ha) from Henry J. and Susan B. Freeman in 1885. [2]
Evergreen Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery in the East End of Richmond, Virginia, dating from 1891. The most recent burial in the historic section of the cemetery dates from the 1980s. Much of the privately owned cemetery had completely overgrown with kudzu or is returning to forest until the late 2010's. The original ...