About Cove Haven Cemetery
Cove Haven Cemetery is a cemetery near Lexington-Fayette, Fayette County, Kentucky. It lies about 3.0 mi east of Lexington-Fayette. The grounds sit at about 951 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Mary E. Britton, Whitney Young and Green Pinckney Russell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2061984. The nearest other listed cemetery is Forest Hill Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Bluegrass Cremation Service, Llc in Lexington, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 25 cemeteries we list in Fayette County, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 25 listings in Fayette County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lexington-Fayette. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cove Haven Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 journalist, 1 physician.
- Mary E. Britton1855-1925African-American physician
- Whitney Young1921-1971American civil rights leader
- Green Pinckney Russell1861-1936American teacher, principal, school district supervisor, and college president (1861/1863-1939)
- Henry A. Tandy1853-1918American building contractor, entrepreneur (c.1850s, 1918)
- Jordan Carlisle Jackson Jr.1848-1918American attorney, Black community leader
- E. Belle Jackson1848-1942American educator, community leader
- Marvin Smith1910-2003African-American photographer
- Whitney M. Young Sr.1895-1975African American educator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cove Haven Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
38.06563, -84.50938
What Cove Haven Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Forest Hill CemeteryLexington-Fayette, KYCemetery0.2 mi
- Lexington CemeteryLexington-Fayette, KYChurch cemetery0.3 mi
- Lexington National Cemetery833 West Main Street, Lexington, KYNational cemetery0.5 mi
- Calvary CemeteryLexington-Fayette, KYCatholic cemetery0.6 mi
- Eastern State Hospital CemeteryLexington-Fayette, KYCemetery0.8 mi
- Highland Memorial CemeteryLexington-Fayette, KYCemetery1.0 mi
- Fayette County Infirmary CemeteryLexington-Fayette, KYCemetery1.4 mi
- African Cemetery No. 2419 East Seventh Street, Lexington, KYCemetery2.0 mi
- Hillcrest Memorial ParkLexington-Fayette, KYMemorial park2.3 mi
- Gorham CemeteryLexington-Fayette, KYCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Cove Haven Cemetery
- Bluegrass Cremation Service, Llc0.7 miCremation provider · Lexington · (859) 523-9661
- Milward Funeral Directors1.2 miFuneral home · Lexington · (859) 252-3411
- Hawkins Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Lexington · (859) 255-7633
- Great Crossing Funeral & Cremation1.7 miCremation provider · Lexington · (859) 233-1400
- O L Hughes & Sons Mortuary1.8 miMortuary · Lexington · (859) 233-7112
- Premier Mortuary Services1.8 miMortuary · Lexington · (859) 293-0120
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