Crouch Road Cemetery
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Crouch Road Cemetery

Coldwater, Calloway County, Kentucky, USA

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    Coordinates: 36.64301, -88.42792
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This very old unknown cemetery is well-hidden on a hill near Clarks River in a large area of forest a couple hundred feet from a rural one-lane road. Crouch Road runs nearest the area, so that is why I referred to it by that name. It is not on our county cemetery map or marked in any manner. I was told of it by my grandfather, as he had stumbled across it in the 1930's. According to him, it was no different back then than now. The cemetery is fairly difficult to reach from Crouch Rd. due to steep wooded hills and creeks.
It consists of at least 6 (possibly 8 or more) graves, but easily visible are two neat rows of 3 sunken holes with cedar trees at the east ends of some of the holes. Interestingly, the trees are at the east end of the graves instead of the west as typical.
We did find, on a second trip, field stones in the ground at the west end of two graves.
A rotted wooden cross wired together was located at the west end of one of the graves, however it can't possibly date from the same era as the cemetery. We also located several nails 6-8" deep at the west ends of some of the graves. We metal detected the area only to attempt to pinpoint an era (unsuccessfully), NOT the graves themselves.
If anyone has any additional information I will be glad to add it.



This very old unknown cemetery is well-hidden on a hill near Clarks River in a large area of forest a couple hundred feet from a rural one-lane road. Crouch Road runs nearest the area, so that is why I referred to it by that name. It is not on our county cemetery map or marked in any manner. I was told of it by my grandfather, as he had stumbled across it in the 1930's. According to him, it was no different back then than now. The cemetery is fairly difficult to reach from Crouch Rd. due to steep wooded hills and creeks.
It consists of at least 6 (possibly 8 or more) graves, but easily visible are two neat rows of 3 sunken holes with cedar trees at the east ends of some of the holes. Interestingly, the trees are at the east end of the graves instead of the west as typical.
We did find, on a second trip, field stones in the ground at the west end of two graves.
A rotted wooden cross wired together was located at the west end of one of the graves, however it can't possibly date from the same era as the cemetery. We also located several nails 6-8" deep at the west ends of some of the graves. We metal detected the area only to attempt to pinpoint an era (unsuccessfully), NOT the graves themselves.
If anyone has any additional information I will be glad to add it.



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