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This list of cemeteries in Louisiana includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
The logo of Find a Grave used from 1995 to 2018 [2] Find a Grave was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Jim Tipton to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of famous celebrities. [3] Tipton classified his early childhood as being a nerdy kid who had somewhat of a fascination with graves and some love for learning HTML. [4]
The community also maintains the grounds. Little restoration work was undertaken until 1991, when graves were marked; headstones re-erected where possible; a stone monument was erected with a plaque which bears the names of all those buried in the cemetery; a fence and gates were constructed and a sign painted. [1]
In 2020, it was reported North Rockhampton Cemetery's imminent closure would occur in 2022. [10] As of 2018, there had been over 25,100 burials in the North Rockhampton Cemetery. [2] This includes the Rockhampton War Cemetery which is located within the North Rockhampton Cemetery and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. [11]
He also served as a Congressional Representative from the state of Louisiana in the 22nd and 23rd United States Congresses. [3] [4] Lieutenant General Troy Houston Middleton (1889–1976), World War II veteran and president of Louisiana State University. Aden & Emma King, superintendent of the cemetery from 1920 to 1924.
Locust Grove State Historic Site, located near St. Francisville, Louisiana, commemorates a family cemetery that is part of the former Locust Grove Plantation.Locust Grove Plantation was once owned by the family of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis' sister Anna E. Davis Smith.
Open vaults on a tomb at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1. The caveau at the bottom of the tomb is visible. For above-ground tombs in New Orleans, when a burial is needed, the cemetery sexton opens the outer tablet marking the opening to the vault of the tomb.
Chalmette National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located within Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Chalmette, Louisiana.The cemetery is a 17.5-acre (7.1 ha) graveyard adjacent to the site that was once the battleground of the Battle of New Orleans, which took place at the end of the War of 1812. [2]