Bellefontaine Cemetery
Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum is a nonprofit, non-sectarian cemetery and arboretum in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1849 as a rural cemetery, Bellefontaine has several architecturally significant monuments and mausoleums such as the Louis Sullivan-designed Wainwright Tomb, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include O’Fallon Park and Calvary Cemetery.
O’Fallon Park
Park
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O'Fallon Park is a municipal park in St. Louis, Missouri, that opened in 1908. Under Alderman John Collins-Muhammad the park underwent a million dollar remodeling including renovations on the historic O'Fallon Park Boathouse.
Calvary Cemetery
Cemetery
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Calvary Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri, operated by the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Founded in 1854, it is the second oldest cemetery in the archdiocese. Calvary Cemetery is situated 1 mile northwest of Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Fairground Park
Park
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Fairground Park is a municipal park that opened in 1908 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was originally a privately owned facility, first used by the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association for the St. Fairground Park is situated 2 miles south of Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baden and Pine Lawn.
Pine Lawn
Village
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Pine Lawn is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,275 at the 2010 census. Pine Lawn is situated 2½ miles west of Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Jennings
Town
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Jennings is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 12,895. Jennings is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Bellefontaine Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri
- Categories: arboretum and burial
- Location: St. Louis, St. Louis Area, Missouri, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.69168° or 38° 41′ 30″ northLongitude
-90.23011° or 90° 13′ 48″ westElevation
505 feet (154 metres)Open location code
86CFMQR9+MXOpenStreetMap ID
way 151204204OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Bellefontaine Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “могілкі Белефантэйн”
- Belarusian: “могілкі Бэльфантэйн”
- Catalan: “Bellefontaine Cemetery”
- Chinese: “貝爾方丹公墓”
- Chinese: “贝尔方丹公墓”
- French: “cimetière Bellefontaine”
- French: “Cimetière Bellefontaine”
- Georgian: “ბელეფონტეინის სასაფლაო”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות בלפונטיין”
- Hungarian: “Bellefontaine Temető”
- Irish: “Reilig Bellefontaine”
- Italian: “Cimitero di Bellefontaine”
- Japanese: “ベルフォンテイン墓地”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bellefontaine Cemetery”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bellefontaine Cemetery”
- Portuguese: “Cemitério Bellefontaine”
- Russian: “Беллефонтейн-Семетери”
- Slovenian: “Bellefontaine Cemetery”
- Swedish: “Bellefontaine Cemetery”
- Ukrainian: “Беллефонтейн-Семетері”
- Welsh: “Mynwent Bellefontaine”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bellefontaine Cemetery”. Photo: Viking55, CC BY-SA 3.0.