Union Baptist Cemetery
Site Brief:
Founded: 1864
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Additional name(s): N/A
Affiliate group(s):
The Union Foundation
History:
Union Baptist Cemetery is the oldest African American burial ground in Hamilton County at its original location, purchased, maintained, and still used by Union Baptist Church, the second oldest black congregation in Cincinnati. Union Baptist Cemetery is on the National Register of Historic places in America. This cemetery is the resting place of Underground Railroad conductors, artists, writers, musicians, physicians, business leaders, politicians, Civil Right workers, and many veterans, including approximately 150 veterans of the Civil War. Union Baptist Cemetery one of two historical cemeteries owned by Union Baptist Church.
Volunteers need! Please contact UBCCEMETERYVOLUNTEERS@GMAIL.COM (phone# 513-852-1653)
Tours of the cemetery can be found on the Cincinnati Sites & Stories app (Cincinnati Sites & Stories on the App Store (apple.com)).
