Photos of Masonic Ceremony Saturday, May 10, and Memorial Day Dash - CLICK HERE The 1909 List of the Dead is now on the site. CLICK HERE to go to this resource. The City Cemetery Interment Books are now online at the Nashville Public Library in a searchable format.  CLICK HERE to get background information on terms and history that will help you use the Interment Books online.  CLICK HERE to go to the Nashville Public Library website and the City Cemetery Interment Books.

To see NEW examples of the Restoration Progress - CLICK HERE

The Nashville City Cemetery Association is pleased to be partnering with  the Community Foundation's GivingMatters website.  Click here to see the listing.

Opened in 1822, the City Cemetery is the oldest continuously operated public cemetery in Nashville. 

A walk through the cemetery is truly a walk through Nashville's history. The gravestones tell the stories of individuals and families from the 1820s to the present day.

In response to the disrepair, vandalism, and neglect over many decades, former Mayor Bill Purcell and the 2007 Metro Council approved the Mayor's Capital Budget request for a $3M project to restore the City Cemetery. Many exciting and noticeable improvements are in progress. You can join the Nashville City Cemetery Association in continuing to help to restore this fragile historic site by becoming a member, supporting our fund-raising events, volunteering, and/or making donations. We are always interested in hearing from descendants of those buried there.

Nashville City Cemetery is located at 1001 Fourth Avenue South, at the corner of Fourth Avenue South and Oak Street.  Click here for map

The Nashville City Cemetery is open from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. seven days a week, all year. Because of a limited number of park patrol officers, there have been (rare) occasions of the gates not being opened or closed at the designated time. Should that happen, please call  the Board of Parks at 862-8400 in order that someone is immediately sent to open the Cemetery.

There are signs within the Cemetery and an informational board in the breezeway of the Keeble Building to assist visitors with self-guided tours.