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Below I've listed a number of old cemeteries that existed in St. Louis from it's first settlement through the Civil War. The map is rather large due to the need for clarity and resolution to pin-point each cemetery's location. I've listed the cemeteries below with my best guess of their dates of operation.
Old Cathedral Catholic Cemetery (Walnut bet 2nd and 3rd) 1771-1824
Lucas Burial Ground (near Washington bet. 18th and 19th) 1822
First Protestant Cemetery (4th St. near Market) 1823-1849
Masonic Grave Yard (Washington bet. 11th and 10th) 1824-1831
Old Grage?? Cemetery (St. Louis Ave. at 11th) 1825-1844
Old French Cemetery (Walnut bet 3rd and 4th) 1828-1849
City Burial Ground (became Benton Park) 1833-1859
O'Fallon Burial Ground (9th bet Washington and O'Fallon) 1835
Christ Church Cemetery (between California and Ohio) 1839-1859
Wesleyan Cemetery (caution: there were 3 of this name) 1840-1860
St. Paul's Cemetery (Gravois at Kansas St.) 1840-1924
St. Vincent's Cemetery (Jefferson at Park) 1845-1865
Picott or Picker Cemetery ( Arsenal bet. Louisiana and Compton) 1845-1898
Catholic (2nd) Cemetery (near Broadway) 1849
Rock Spring Cemetery (Catholic) (Sarah and Duncan) 1849-1865
Bellefontaine Cemetery (North Broadway) 1850 (circa)
Methodist Graveyard (on Easton Ave.) 1850
Baptist Cemetery (Broadway) 1851
Episcopal Cemetery (18th at Park) 1851
Calvary Cemetery (North Broadway) 1854 (circa)
Western Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (Marcus near Natural Bridge) 1860-1869
Westermann's Cemetery (Baptist) (Utah and Lemp) 1863
City Grave Yard (Lafayette and 14th) ????
Mount Holy Trinity Cemetery ("poor Catholics") (Taylor and Broadway) ????-1908
