Cave Hill Cemetery and Arboretum

Kentucky

701 Baxter Avenue
Louisville, KY 40204, USA

This land was chartered by the General Assembly of Kentucky on February 5, 1848 for the purpose of operating a rural cemetery. Cave Hill was dedicated in July of that year and the transition of Cave Hill Farm into a beautiful and historic cemetery began. Some of the Civil War dead are buried in Cave Hill Cemetery.

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