Frankfort Cemetery
The Frankfort Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located on East Main Street in Frankfort, Kentucky. The cemetery is the burial site of Daniel Boone, the famed frontiersman, and contains the graves of other famous Americans including seventeen Kentucky governors and a Vice President of the United States.Photo: FloNight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kentucky War Memorial and Kentucky State Capitol.
Kentucky War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Normal Op, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kentucky War Memorial is a memorial to Kentuckians who have died in all wars. On a high-point called the "State Mound" in Frankfort Cemetery in Frankfort, Kentucky, the memorial consists of a 65-foot-tall monument erected in 1850, nine low stone monuments built in a semi-circle, and two low straight monuments. Kentucky War Memorial is situated 420 feet east of Frankfort Cemetery.
Kentucky State Capitol
Public building
Photo: RXUYDC, Public domain.
The Kentucky State Capitol is located in Frankfort and is the house of the three branches of the state government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Kentucky State Capitol is situated 3,700 feet southwest of Frankfort Cemetery.
War Mothers Memorial Bridge
Bridge
The War Mothers Memorial Bridge is a box girder bridge that carries US 60 and KY 420 across the Kentucky River in Frankfort, Kentucky. The bridge carries approximately 12,900 cars per day as of 2009. War Mothers Memorial Bridge is situated 2,500 feet west of Frankfort Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frankfort and Big Eddy.
Frankfort
Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky. Downtown Frankfort is characterized by charismatic, old-fashioned, antebellum style buildings holding shops, cafes, restaurants and museums.
Big Eddy
Hamlet
Big Eddy is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. Big Eddy is situated 1½ miles south of Frankfort Cemetery.
Jett
Hamlet
Jett is an unincorporated community within Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. It was part of a farm acquired by Thomas Jett, in 1822. In 1882, Jett's heirs donated land for a Louisville & Nashville Railroad station which was named for him. Jett is situated 3 miles east of Frankfort Cemetery.
Frankfort Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Frankfort, Kentucky
- Category: burial
- Location: Franklin, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.19402° or 38° 11′ 39″ northLongitude
-84.86621° or 84° 51′ 58″ westElevation
728 feet (222 metres)Open location code
86CQ54VM+JGOpenStreetMap ID
way 222272672OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Tagalog—“Frankfort Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “могілкі Франкфарта”
- Chinese: “法兰克福公墓”
- Chinese: “法蘭克福公墓”
- Czech: “Frankfort Cemetery”
- French: “cimetière de Frankfort”
- French: “Cimetière de Frankfort”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות פרנקפורט, קנטקי”
- Japanese: “フランクフォート墓地”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Frankfort Cemetery”
- Portuguese: “Cemitério Frankfort”
- Russian: “кладбище Франкфорта”
- Slovenian: “Frankfort Cemetery”
- Swedish: “Frankfort Cemetery”
- Tagalog: “Frankfort Cemetery”
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