Highland Cemetery
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808 United StatesCoordinates: 30.40480, -91.17220 - Cemetery ID: 777474
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Highland Cemetery is the oldest surviving cemetery in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA. The earliest documented burials occurred in 1813 and the cemetery was probably in use for several years before that. The land was donated to the "Catholic Congregation of Baton Rouge in 1819 by it's owner, George Garig. The cemetery was largely filled and families shifted to newer cemeteries in the city of Baton Rouge by the 1850's. After the war, the cemetery was largely abandoned save for a couple of families until a clean-up in the 1930's. It again became over-grown and abandoned until 1970 and has since been maintained by a non-profit organization composed of volunteers called Historic Highland Cemetery, Inc. The cemetery sexton, Kenny Kleinpeter can be reached through Find a Grave.
Highland Cemetery is the oldest surviving cemetery in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA. The earliest documented burials occurred in 1813 and the cemetery was probably in use for several years before that. The land was donated to the "Catholic Congregation of Baton Rouge in 1819 by it's owner, George Garig. The cemetery was largely filled and families shifted to newer cemeteries in the city of Baton Rouge by the 1850's. After the war, the cemetery was largely abandoned save for a couple of families until a clean-up in the 1930's. It again became over-grown and abandoned until 1970 and has since been maintained by a non-profit organization composed of volunteers called Historic Highland Cemetery, Inc. The cemetery sexton, Kenny Kleinpeter can be reached through Find a Grave.
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- Added: 20 Sep 2001
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