Chestnut Street Cemetery in Over-The-Rhine, Ohio

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Get directions Chestnut Street and Central Avenue
Over-The-Rhine, Ohio 45203 United States

Coordinates: 39.10716, -84.52122
www.jcemcin.org
(513) 961-0178
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The Old Jewish Cemetery is located just west of Central Avenue on the on the north side of Chestnut Street, in the historic West End. The Cemetery is sited on a tiny plot enclosed by high walls and a locked gate. It was opened by K.K. Bene Israel in 1821 as a result of the Cholera Epidemic and closed in 1849. There are 85 burials total. It is the oldest Jewish Cemetery west of the Allegheny Mountains.

The cemetery is now owned and maintained by:

Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati
3400 Montgomery Road
Cincinnati, OH 45027
Phone: 513-961-0178
Fax: 513-961-2021

The cemetery is located in the city of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, and is # 4572 (Chestnut Street Cemetery / Bene Israel Burying Ground) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.