Mount Kenton Cemetery

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Mount Kenton Cemetery
Mount Kenton Cemetery
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Established1857
Location
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 37°02′37″N88°39′31″W / 37.04361°N 88.65861°W / 37.04361; -88.65861
No. of graves>6,000
Website Mt. Kenton Cemetery
Find a Grave Mount Kenton Cemetery
Footnotes GNIS 498761

Mount Kenton Cemetery is a small cemetery in the rural city of Paducah, Kentucky in the United States of America. It is located approximately four miles south of Paducah. The area of the cemetery was original deeded by Joseph Kenton to Charles A. Campbell, Hiram Hall, J.D. Brandberry, T.P. Reynolds, and a Church of the Old School Presbyterians for a church to be placed there. [1]

Among those buried at Mount Kenton is Alben W. Barkley (1877–1956), 35th vice president of the United States under Harry S. Truman. [2]

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References

  1. "History of Mt. Kenton Cemetery". Mount Kenton Cemetery.
  2. "Historical Facts of Mount Kenton Cemetery". Mount Kenton Cemetery.