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This list of cemeteries in Kentucky includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Content related to cemeteries located in the U. S. State of Kentucky which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (the United States' official national heritage register) and other listed properties that include places of interment: graveyards, burial plots, crypts, mausoleums, or tombs.
Only the state of Louisiana provided more black troops than Kentucky. [5] [6] The monument, built in 1924, is a simple 10-foot tall 4-sided limestone pillar. Its base is of poured concrete. The front bears the inscription "In Memory of the Colored Soldiers Franklin County, Kentucky Who Fought in the Civil War 1861-1865."
The Wooldridge Monuments are a series of historical monuments located in Maplewood Cemetery of Mayfield, Kentucky. They were built for Colonel Henry G. Wooldridge, to commemorate family members and other loved ones of his life, from 1892 until Wooldridge's death on May 30, 1899. [2] Wooldridge is the only one buried at the site. [3]
A residence for the sexton of the cemetery was constructed in 1872. Seven years later, in 1879, the name of the cemetery was officially acknowledged as Evergreen. By 1902, a chapel had been constructed on the cemetery grounds and was used for funeral services and layouts. [1] The cemetery was used as the cemetery in the 1988 film Rain Man. [2]
Specifically, Kentucky Revised Statute 367.97524 (2) states cremated remains shall be placed in a grave, crypt or niche, such as that of a columbarium for storing funeral urns. They may also be ...
Burials in Kentucky by cemetery (7 C) M. Burial monuments and structures in Kentucky ...
Location of Franklin County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Kentucky. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...