About Cypress Grove Cemetery
Cypress Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Metairie, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 2.5 mi west of Metairie. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including James H. Caldwell, Henrietta Davidson Bailey and Theodore Clapp. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 549827. The nearest other listed cemetery is Charity Hospital Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Cremations St John Crematorium in New Orleans, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Orleans Parish, and 64 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Orleans Parish dates to 1789. 1 of the 48 listings in Orleans Parish have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Metairie. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cypress Grove Cemetery
Among them: 3 artists, 1 actor.
- James H. Caldwell1793-1863American actor, theatre manager, businessman
- Henrietta Davidson Bailey1874-1950American artist
- Theodore Clapp1792-1866American minister
- Frank Bertsal Moore1869-1957American photographer
- Martha Jefferson Gasquet Westfeldt1884-1960American artist, founder Green Shutter Book Shop and Tea Room in New Orleans
- William Amadee Gasquet1799-1870
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cypress Grove 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
29.97852, -90.11187
What Cypress Grove 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
- Charity Hospital CemeteryMetairie, LACemetery0.1 mi
- St. Patrick Cemetery Number 1Metairie, LAChristian cemetery0.1 mi
- Old Congregation Chevra Thilm CemeteryMetairie, LAJewish cemetery0.2 mi
- Dispersed of Judah CemeteryMetairie, LACemetery0.2 mi
- Odd Fellows Rest CemeteryMetairie, LACemetery0.2 mi
- St. Patrick Cemetery Number 2Metairie, LAChristian cemetery0.2 mi
- Saint John Cemetery Hope Mausoleum CemeteryNew Orleans, LACemetery0.3 mi
- St John's CemeteryNew Orleans, LACemetery0.3 mi
- Saint Patrick Cemetery 3Metairie, LACemetery0.4 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryMetairie, LACemetery0.4 mi
Funeral homes near Cypress Grove Cemetery
- Alfortish Memorials & Mausoleums0.2 miMonument dealer · New Orleans · (504) 482-2464
- Cremations St John Crematorium0.3 miCremation provider · New Orleans · (504) 486-6651
- Greenwood Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 486-0880
- Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home & Cemeteries0.7 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 486-6331
- Jacob Schoen and Son Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 482-2111
- Rhodes Funeral Home - Washington Avenue2.1 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 822-7162
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