Nashville City Cemetery

Nashville City Cemetery
Nashville City Cemetery is located in Tennessee
Nashville City Cemetery
Nashville City Cemetery is located in the United States
Nashville City Cemetery
Location1001 4th Ave. S.
Nashville, Tennessee
Coordinates36°8′50″N 86°46′11″W / 36.14722°N 86.76972°W / 36.14722; -86.76972
Built1822
ArchitectWilliam Strickland
NRHP reference No.72001235
Added to NRHPOctober 18, 1972

Nashville City Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee. Many of Nashville's prominent historical figures are buried there. It includes the tombs of 22,000 people, 6,000 of whom were African Americans.