This list of cemeteries in Kentucky includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed)

cemeteries A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many dead people are buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ) implies th ...

columbaria A columbarium (; pl. columbaria), also called a cinerarium, is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns holding Cremation, cremated remains of the dead. The term comes from the Latin ''wikt:columba, columba'' (do ...

, and

mausolea A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of ...

which are historical and/or notable. It does not include pet cemeteries.

Bourbon County

* Paris Cemetery, Paris; NRHP-listed

Boyd County

* Ashland Cemetery, Ashland * Bellevue Cemetery, Danville * Danville National Cemetery, Danville; NRHP-listed

Campbell County

* Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate * St. Joseph Catholic Church, Camp Springs; NRHP-listed * St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, near Alexandria; NRHP-listed

Daviess County

* Athey's Chapel Cemetery, Rome * Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery, Utica * Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro

Edmonson County

Good Spring Baptist Church - Mammoth Cave NP Kentucky

* Good Spring Baptist Church and Cemetery in

Mammoth Cave National Park Mammoth Cave National Park is a national park of the United States in south-central Kentucky. It encompasses portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest known cave system in the world. The park's are located primarily in Edmonson County, with sma ...

; NRHP-listed * Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery in

; NRHP-listed * Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery in

; NRHP-listed

Fayette County

* African Cemetery No. 2, Lexington; NRHP-listed * Episcopal Burying Ground and Chapel, Lexington; NRHP-listed *

Lexington Cemetery Lexington Cemetery is a private, non-profit rural cemetery and arboretum located at 833 W. Main Street, Lexington, Kentucky. The Lexington Cemetery was established in 1848 as a place of beauty and a public cemetery, in part to deal w ...

, Lexington; NRHP-listed * Lexington National Cemetery, Lexington; NRHP-listed

Fleming County

Elizaville Cemetery The Elizaville Cemetery is located in Elizaville, Kentucky. Notable burials * Woodie Fryman (1940–2011), Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher (1966–83) * Franklin Sousley (1925–1945), one of six U.S. Marines to raise the American ...

, Elizaville

Franklin County

Frankfort Cemetery The Frankfort Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located on East Main Street in Frankfort, Kentucky. The cemetery is the burial site of Daniel Boone, the famed frontiersman, and contains the graves of other famous Americans including seventeen ...

, Frankfort; NRHP-listed

Garrard County

* Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster; NRHP-listed

Jefferson County

Cave Hill Cemetery Cave Hill Cemetery is a Victorian era National Cemetery and arboretum located at Louisville, Kentucky. Its main entrance is on Baxter Avenue and there is a secondary one on Grinstead Drive. It is the largest cemetery by area and number of buri ...

, Louisville; NRHP-listed *

Eastern Cemetery Eastern Cemetery is a historic cemetery at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Congress Street in the Munjoy Hill neighborhood of Portland, Maine. Established in 1668, it is the city's oldest historic site. It has more than 4,000 marked g ...

, Louisville * Long Run Baptist Church and Cemetery, Louisville; NRHP-listed * St. Louis Cemetery, Louisville * Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville; NRHP-listed

Jessamine County

Camp Nelson National Cemetery Camp Nelson National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in southern Jessamine County, Kentucky. It was originally a graveyard associated with the U.S. Army's Camp Nelson, which was active during the U.S. Civil War and its ...

, Nicholasville; NRHP-listed

Kenton County

Forest Lawn Memorial Park Forest Lawn may refer to: Cemeteries California * Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries, a chain of cemeteries in southern California * Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City), California * Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), California * Fore ...

, Erlanger * Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington; NRHP-listed * Mother of God Cemetery, Covington

Lincoln County

Isaac Shelby Cemetery State Historic Site Isaac Shelby Cemetery State Historic Site is a park in Junction City, Kentucky, United States. It marks the estate and burial ground of Kentucky's first Governor of Kentucky, governor, Isaac Shelby. The site became part of the park system in 195 ...

, Junction City

Logan County

* Red River Presbyterian Meetinghouse Site and Cemetery, Adairville; NRHP-listed

Marion County

* Lebanon National Cemetery, Lebanon; NRHP-listed

McCracken County

Mount Kenton Cemetery Mount Kenton Cemetery is a small cemetery in the rural city of Paducah, Kentucky in the United States. It is located approximately four miles south of Paducah. The area of the cemetery was original deeded by Joseph Kenton to Charles A. Campbell, ...

, Paducah