Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis)

Calvary Cemetery
Dred Scott's grave in Calvary Cemetery
Details
Established	1854
Location	5239 West Florissant Avenue St. Louis, Missouri
Country	United States of America
Coordinates	38°41′42″N 90°14′18″W / 38.69502°N 90.238244°W / 38.69502; -90.238244
Type	Catholic
Owned by	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis
Size	470 acres (190 ha)
No. of graves	300,000
Website	Calvary Cemetery
Find a Grave	Calvary Cemetery

Calvary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery located in St. Louis, Missouri and operated by the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Founded in 1854, it is the second oldest cemetery in the Archdiocese. Calvary Cemetery contains 470 acres (1.9 km²) of land and more than 300,000 graves, including those of General William Tecumseh Sherman, Dred Scott, Tennessee Williams, Kate Chopin, Louis Chauvin and Auguste Chouteau.^[1]