Bellefontaine Cemetery in Saint Louis, Missouri

Bellefontaine Cemetery is a church cemetery in Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri. It was established in 1817. The grounds sit at about 509 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 381 notable people buried here, including Gerty Cori, William S. Burroughs and Rush Limbaugh. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 765629. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the northwest. The nearest mortuary we know of is A.l Beal Mortuary in Saint Louis, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 9 cemeteries we list in St. Louis City, and 52 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. It is the oldest recorded cemetery in St. Louis City. 6 of the 9 listings in St. Louis City have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 37 business leaders, 34 US representatives, 31 Civil War veterans, 31 writers, 16 artists, 12 physicians, 11 baseball players, 11 US senators.

• Gerty Cori1896-1957
  Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist
• William S. Burroughs1914-1997
  American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer
• Rush Limbaugh1951-2021
  American political commentator
• Sara Teasdale1884-1933
  American writer and poet
• William Clark1770-1838
  American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor
• John Pope1822-1892
  Union United States Army general
• Sterling Price1809-1867
  American politician and Confederate States Army general in the Civil War
• Martha Norelius1909-1955
  American swimmer
• Thomas Hart Benton1782-1858
  State Senator from Tennessee, Senator and U.S. Representative from Missouri
• George Engelmann1809-1884
  German-American physician and botanist
• Don Carlos Buell1818-1898
  American Union Army General
• William Beaumont1785-1853
  American physician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Bellefontaine 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.

• Calvary Cemetery

  5239 West Florissant Avenue, Saint Louis, MO · est. 1854
  Catholic cemetery

  0.9 mi
• Western Lutheran Cemetery

  St. Louis, MO
  Lutheran cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Frieden Cemetery

  Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO
  Cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Memorial Park Cemetery

  Country Club Hills, MO
  Memorial park

  3.0 mi
• Greenwood Cemetery

  Velda Village Hills, MO
  Cemetery

  3.2 mi
• Saint Johns Cemetery

  Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO
  Cemetery

  3.2 mi
• New Bethlehem Cemetery

  Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO
  Cemetery

  3.5 mi
• Saint Peters Cemetery

  Velda Village, MO
  Cemetery

  3.5 mi
• Saint Peters Cemetery - Bethany Section

  Pagedale, MO
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi
• Bethany Cemetery

  Wellston, MO
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi

• A.l Beal Mortuary

  Mortuary · Saint Louis · (314) 389-9675
  0.3 mi
• Ronald L Jones Funeral Chapels

  Funeral home · St. Louis · (314) 383-2332
  1.2 mi
• Eddie Randle & Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · St. Louis · (314) 381-2400
  1.5 mi
• Wade Funeral Home & Twin Chapel

  Funeral home · St. Louis · (314) 385-4800
  1.5 mi
• Cunningham Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Saint Louis · (314) 533-3400
  2.2 mi
• Professional Funeral Director Services & Crematory, Inc

  Cremation provider · Saint Louis · (314) 382-6707
  2.4 mi

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