Elyton Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama

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Birmingham, Alabama 35204 United States

Coordinates: 33.50594, -86.82834
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Elyton Cemetery, often called Old Elyton Cemetery, is a small cemetery located on a one-acre plot in downtown Birmingham. The land that the cemetery is on was purchased in 1821 from William Ely, for whom the city of Elyton (later incorporated into the city of Birmingham) was named. The cemetery was deeded to the city of Elyton before Dupuy's death in 1856. Historical records show about 140 burials at this cemetery, the oldest belonging to an "Infant Son" who was born and died in 1805. Most of the cemetery's burials predate the 1871 founding of Birmingham. Burials mostly stopped after 1919, although there have been a scattered few since then. Some of the burials that were originally interred there were later moved to other city cemteries. Elyton has struggled with upkeep almost continuously for the past 150 years.