BARDSTOWN CEMETERY
801 North 3rd Street
Bardstown, KY 40004
877/348-5947 ext. 206

The Bardstown Cemetery was first established in 1852 from land purchased from Joseph Hart and James Doom. On behalf of the citizens of Bardstown the city cemetery is designed and maintained under the guidelines of the Mayor, the appointed Cemetery Sexton and the Cemetery Committee according to the policies and Ordinances of the City and State.

It now contains approximately 15-1/2 acres. The Cemetery Committee members are appointed by the Mayor and meet on a quarterly basis with the Cemetery Sexton to consider matters of policy, planning, maintenance of the cemetery, and to advise the City Council. The present members are: Mayor Dixie Hibbs, Council Member Bobby Simpson, Chairman, Council Member Francis Lydian, Sexton Bobbe Blincoe and Citizen-appointee Evelyn Oakley.

A Confederate Soldier Monument, costing $900, was erected in 1905 to the memory of 67 Confederate soldiers who were buried there during a battle in the Civil War. The monument was damaged and left in pieces by a tree that fell during a storm in May of 2000. It was shipped to New York and restored by the Conservation and Sculpture Company for approximately $50,000. It was returned to The Bardstown Cemetery in May of 2002. It remains listed in the National Registry for Historical Markers since over 90 percent of the original monument was used in the restoration.

Among the many important people buried in the cemetery include two Kentucky Governors and famous distillers such as Jim Beam.

Bobbe Blincoe, City Clerk and Sexton