Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown
{{Short description|Cemetery in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, US}}
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| caption = The Unknown Plot area, containing more than 700 unidentified victims of the 1889 Johnstown Flood
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| established = {{Start date|1885}}
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| location = 801 Millcreek Road, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
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| size = {{Convert|235|acre}}
| graves = Over 70,000
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Grandview Cemetery is an American cemetery that is located at 801 Millcreek Road in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1885, the {{convert|235|acre|ha|adj=on}} cemetery is one of Pennsylvania's largest, with more than 70,000 burials, including those of many victims of the 1889 Johnstown Flood. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/weekly-list-2025-05-16.htm|title=WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 5/9/2025 THROUGH 5/16/2025|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2025-05-20}}
History and notable features
The cemetery association that operates Grandview was founded in 1885 to accommodate Johnstown's rapidly growing population. The first interment was that of Lucretia Hammond of Kernville (now a part of Johnstown), who was buried on April 30, 1887.[http://www.johnstownpa.com/History/hist18.html],
Grandview Cemetery on Johnstown, Pennsylvania website accessed September 7, 2009
The land for the cemetery, west of the city on Yoder Hill, was purchased from the Cambria Iron Company.
During the late 1880s, Millcreek Road, a steep and winding mile-long street, was built to facilitate public access to the cemetery's original entrance, but in 1904, cemetery overseers found it necessary to create a new entrance to the cemetery at Bucknell Avenue.
The cemetery is best known due to the aftermath of the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Many of the flood's 2,209 victims are buried here. A section of the cemetery called the "Unknown Plot" contains the bodies of 777 flood victims who could not be identified, and a monument to the flood
victims was purchased by the state of Pennsylvania and dedicated on May 31, 1892 before an estimated crowd of 10,000 that included the governor of Pennsylvania.
In January 2024, the total number of interments at Grandview was more than 70,000. The cemetery contains forty-seven burial sections and more than {{convert|235|acre|km2}}, and is one of the largest in Pennsylvania.
Notable burials
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External links
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- [http://www.johnstownpa.com/History/hist18.html Grandview Cemetery at Johnstown, Pennsylvania website]
- {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
{{Johnstown, Pennsylvania}}
Category:Cemeteries in Pennsylvania
Category:Buildings and structures in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Category:Protected areas of Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Category:Tourist attractions in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Category:Cemeteries established in the 1880s
Category:1885 establishments in Pennsylvania
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Cambria County, Pennsylvania