Historic Linden Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Covington, Kentucky

Linden Grove Cemetery was officially consecrated on September 18, 1843 on land originally owned by the Western Baptist Theological Institute. Benjamin Grove, a landscape gardener, was the designer responsible for the Cemetery’s layout.

Over the succeeding decades, the Cemetery continually fell into disrepair and neglect. The situation degenerated to the point that in 1948, the Kenton County Circuit Court ordered the Cemetery property placed into receivership. An Inter-Local Agreement for the care and maintenance of Linden Grove Cemetery was executed in 1998 between the City of Covington and the Kenton County Fiscal Court. The Inter-Local Agreement established a Board of Overseers to manage and operate the Cemetery.

The cemetery has many of the most notable original Covington and Kenton County leaders laid to rest on these 22 acres. In this video we highlight many of these important people and the stories of their lives.

GPS Location: 39°04’25.0″N 84°30’53.4″W