Union Baptist Cemetery

Union Baptist Cemetery
Overview of the cemetery
Union Baptist Cemetery is located in Ohio
Union Baptist Cemetery
Union Baptist Cemetery is located in the United States
Union Baptist Cemetery
LocationCincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates39°7′0″N 84°36′10″W / 39.11667°N 84.60278°W / 39.11667; -84.60278
Area160 acres (0.65 km2)
NRHP reference No.02001057[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 2002[1]

Union Baptist Cemetery located at 4933 Cleves Warsaw Pike, in the Price Hill neighborhood, is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 2002. It contains a single contributing building. The cemetery is the oldest Baptist African-American cemetery in Cincinnati.this cemetery is in great need for some tender loving care, A good grounds man will truly be a plus, there are a lot of headstones that are broken, no clean up has been done, please advise of what can be done in this matter, I’m 74, but is willing to help

History

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The cemetery was established by the Union Baptist Church in 1864 by members of the Union Baptist Church.[2] Almost 150 other USCT veterans are buried at Union Baptist Cemetery.[1]

Notable burials

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. June 30, 2007.
  2. ^ "Union Baptist Cemetery". Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Hanlin, Chris. "Union Baptist Cemetery Tour". Archived from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  4. ^ Grace, Kevin; Tom White (2004). Cincinnati Cemeteries: The Queen City Underground. Arcadia Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 0-7385-3348-3.
  5. ^ "Edith Hern Fossett". www.monticello.org. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
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