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Eddyville State Penitentiary Cemetery

Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky, USA

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Get directions Eddyville, Kentucky, USA

Coordinates: 37.05466, -88.07315
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Located on the prison grounds on a hill beyond the back wall.
The graves have no name or number markers.
State Supreme Court Judge, Bill Cunningham, who grew up in old Eddyville, wrote a book about the prison titled "The Castle" and mentions the prison cemetery in it.
("Tysons of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky")by Patty (Tyson) Wilson

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