First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
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First Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Also known as Fort Washington Cemetery

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA

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  • Get directions East 4th Street
    Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 United States
    Coordinates: 39.10053, -84.51028
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The cemetery was established in 1790 and was the first cemetery in Cincinnati. According to the 1881 book "History of Cincinnati Ohio with Illustrations" complied by Henry A Ford et al., chapter XL "Cemeteries", page 376, "The first and only public burying-ground in Cincinnati for many years was that upon the square bounded by Fourth and Fifth, Walnut and Main streets, given to the people by the original proprietors, in part for that purpose. It was attached to the meeting-house of the First Presbyterian church, near the corner of Fourth and Main, and was used continuously for nearly a generation, or about twenty-seven years, when it became so crowded that another cemetery became necessary."

The cemetery was located in the city of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, and is # 4564 (First Presbyterian Church Cemetery / Fort Washington Cemetery) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.


The cemetery was established in 1790 and was the first cemetery in Cincinnati. According to the 1881 book "History of Cincinnati Ohio with Illustrations" complied by Henry A Ford et al., chapter XL "Cemeteries", page 376, "The first and only public burying-ground in Cincinnati for many years was that upon the square bounded by Fourth and Fifth, Walnut and Main streets, given to the people by the original proprietors, in part for that purpose. It was attached to the meeting-house of the First Presbyterian church, near the corner of Fourth and Main, and was used continuously for nearly a generation, or about twenty-seven years, when it became so crowded that another cemetery became necessary."

The cemetery was located in the city of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, and is # 4564 (First Presbyterian Church Cemetery / Fort Washington Cemetery) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.


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