Church Street Cemetery in Mobile, Alabama

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Coordinates: 30.68560, -88.05080
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This cemetery is situated on 4 acres of land. Church Street Graveyard, as it was called, was founded in 1819, just a year prior to being purchased by the City of Mobile, upon which it became the city's primary burial site. Many of the earlier burials were those of victims of yellow fever. In 1820, Mobile's city officials divided the cemetery into three sections; the northeastern third was designated for Catholics, the southeastern third for Protestants, and the remaining western portion called a "graveyard for strangers". The western section came to be populated with Masons, Odd Fellows, veterans, and the indigent. The cemetery was closed to burial in 1898, though a few modern burials have taken place by special city resolution.
This cemetery also contains early examples of wrought and cast iron work, along with the historical gravesites.