Chestnut Cemetery in Apalachicola, Florida

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Get directions US 98 and 8th Street
Apalachicola, Florida 32320 United States

Coordinates: 29.72530, -84.98790
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The Chestnut Street Cemetery is the oldest burying ground in Apalachicola and is the burial site of many individuals connected with the history and development of the town and surrounding area. Approximately 560 marked graves are currently located in the cemetery, with many more grave sites that are sadly unmarked.

A variety of tombstones decorate the cemetery, some simple vertical slabs dating back to the 1830s to very elaborate marble monuments. A few graves are marked with simple wooden crosses or a blanket of shells with no names.

Beginning in 1912, the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) marked the graves of all the Civil War veterans in the cemetery. There are at least 79 Confederate veterans and 7 Union veterans buried here.