Pewee Valley Cemetery
Also known as Pewee Valley Cemetery East
Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky, USA
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Pewee Valley, Kentucky 40056 United StatesCoordinates: 38.30440, -85.47500 - Cemetery ID:
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The cemetery was established in May 1871. With the extension of Maple Avenue through the cemetery in 1889, the white and African American sections were separated by the road. The African American section is referred to as Pewee Valley Cemetery East and is on the north side of Maple Avenue. In 1904, a section of the cemetery on the south side of Maple Avenue was assigned to the State of Kentucky for use by the Kentucky Confederate Home as a Confederate Burying Ground.
This cemetery is identified as cemetery # 148 (Pewee Valley Cemetery) by the Oldham County Historical Society.
This cemetery is identified as the Pewee Valley Cemetery (number 148) in Oldham County Records Volume I, Cemeteries, edited by Edna Scott McKechnie and Willada Rickman Dent, © 1974 Oldham County Historical Society.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 500497 (Pewee Valley Cemetery).
The cemetery was established in May 1871. With the extension of Maple Avenue through the cemetery in 1889, the white and African American sections were separated by the road. The African American section is referred to as Pewee Valley Cemetery East and is on the north side of Maple Avenue. In 1904, a section of the cemetery on the south side of Maple Avenue was assigned to the State of Kentucky for use by the Kentucky Confederate Home as a Confederate Burying Ground.
This cemetery is identified as cemetery # 148 (Pewee Valley Cemetery) by the Oldham County Historical Society.
This cemetery is identified as the Pewee Valley Cemetery (number 148) in Oldham County Records Volume I, Cemeteries, edited by Edna Scott McKechnie and Willada Rickman Dent, © 1974 Oldham County Historical Society.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 500497 (Pewee Valley Cemetery).
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Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky, USA
- Total memorials146
- Percent photographed73%
- Percent with GPS3%
Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky, USA
- Total memorials225
- Percent photographed91%
- Percent with GPS0%
- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 75507
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