Ivy Hill Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia)

Ivy Hill Cemetery
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Details
Established1856
Location
CountryUnited States
Coordinates38°49′03″N 77°04′25″W / 38.81750°N 77.07361°W / 38.81750; -77.07361
TypePublic
Size22+ acres
No. of graves10,000
Find a GraveIvy Hill Cemetery
Ivy Hill Cemetery
The grave of Nazi rocket scientist and space exploration pioneer Wernher von Braun

Ivy Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in the Rosemont Historic District of Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Burials began at the site in 1811, when it was a family cemetery, and it received a charter as a community cemetery in 1856.[1] The adjoining residential neighborhood was developed beginning in 1908 as a streetcar suburb of Washington, D.C., as trolley lines of the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon railway extended from Alexandria's nearby Union Station (opened 1905).[2] The cemetery is now known for its rare and protected flora and fauna.[3]

  1. ^ "Ivy Hill Cemetery". ivyhillcemetery.net. Ivy Hill Cemetery.
  2. ^ "Alexandria (particularly section 8 pp. 44–46" (PDF). dhr.virginia.gov.
  3. ^ "Ivy Hill Cemetery Historical Preservation Society – Alexandria, VA 22301 – Visit Alexandria, Virginia". Retrieved September 19, 2014.