Overview
Riverview Cemetery in Clarksville, Tennessee, was established on February 23, 1800. Early settler Valentine Sevier donated the land and is the first person recorded as interred in Riverview. Its hillside location was chosen to avoid dangers, as traveling along the Cumberland River to flatter land would have posed risks. The cemetery is the final resting place for notable early pioneers and civic leaders. It also contains the remains of men and women from all American wars, including two Revolutionary War veterans and a mass grave of more than 125 Confederate soldiers, reinterred from elsewhere. Initially referred to as the “city cemetery,” the cemetery was renamed Riverview Cemetery on June 7, 1929. Riverview, the city’s only cemetery, remains active and is regarded as the oldest known public burial ground in the region.
Quick Facts
- Status
- Existing
- Locality or neighborhood
- Clarksville
- State or province
- Tennessee
- Postal code
- 37040
