Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky

Cave Hill Cemetery is a church cemetery in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Wikidata records 325 notable people buried here, including Muhammad Ali, Harland Sanders and Ellen Churchill Semple. The nearest other listed cemetery is Eastern Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Eternal Cremations in Louisville, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 67 cemeteries we list in Jefferson County, and 59 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 67 listings in Jefferson County have a phone number or website on record.

Historical Victorian-era cemetery and arboretum. Notable burials include Muhammad Ali, George Rogers Clark, and Colonel Sanders.

Among them: 34 US representatives, 29 writers, 16 Civil War veterans, 15 artists, 14 baseball players, 13 journalists, 12 physicians, 11 business leaders.

• Muhammad Ali1942-2016
  American boxer
• Harland Sanders1890-1980
  American entrepreneur (1890-1980) who founded KFC
• Ellen Churchill Semple1863-1932
  American geographer
• George Rogers Clark1752-1818
  American surveyor, soldier, and militia officer
• Mia Zapata1965-1993
  American singer
• Abraham Flexner1866-1959
  American educator
• James Guthrie1792-1869
  American politician and businessman
• Paul Hornung1935-2020
  American football player
• James Speed1812-1887
  American lawyer and politician
• John McKinley1780-1852
  Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Mildred J. Hill1859-1916
  American composer
• James B. Eustis1834-1899
  Confederate Army officer and American politician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Cave Hill 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.

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.

• Eastern Cemetery

  Louisville, KY
  Cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Cave Hill National Cemetery

  Louisville, KY
  National cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Cave Hill Cemetery

  Louisville, KY
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Saint Louis Cemetery

  Louisville, KY
  Cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Saint Michael Cemetery

  Louisville, KY
  Cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Louisville Cemetery

  1339 Poplar Level Road, Louisville, KY
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Calvary Cemetery

  Audubon Park, KY
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Mulberry Hill Cemetery

  Audubon Park, KY
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Saint Stephens Cemetery

  Louisville, KY
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Agudath Achim Cemetery

  Audubon Park, KY
  Jewish cemetery

  2.4 mi

• Louisville Monument Company

  Monument dealer · Louisville · (502) 456-4600
  0.1 mi
• Eternal Cremations

  Funeral home · Louisville · (502) 586-4670
  0.4 mi
• Muldoon Memorials

  Monument dealer · Louisville · (502) 584-1129
  0.7 mi
• Arch L. Heady-Russman & Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Louisville · (502) 635-5231
  0.7 mi
• Bosse Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Louisville · (502) 451-8440
  0.8 mi
• Spring Valley Funeral Home & Cremation

  Funeral home · Louisville · (502) 742-8016
  0.8 mi

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