Old City Cemetery (Lynchburg, Virginia)
The Old City Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is the oldest municipal (city-owned) cemetery still in use today in the state of Virginia, and one of the oldest such burial grounds in the United States. Since the 1990s it has been operated as a history park and arboretum, in addition to being an active cemetery.
Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg VA, View of Confederate Section, November 2008
Pest House Museum, Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg VA, November 2008
Pest House Museum (Sign), Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg VA, November 2008
Station House Museum, Old City Cemetery, Lynchburg VA, November 2008
Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch, the city's population was 79,009 at the 2020 census, making Lynchburg the 11th most populous city in Virginia. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River, Lynchburg is known as the "City of Seven Hills" or the "Hill City". In the 1860s, Lynchburg was the only city in Virginia that was not recaptured by the Union before the end of the American Civil War.
Downtown Lynchburg
The restored South River Friends Meeting House, April 2024
Lynchburg, c. 1919
World War I Memorial in downtown Lynchburg