Collection: Locust Hill Cemetery and Arboretum - Evansville

Looking at the early historical records of what would become Locust Hill Cemetery and Arboretum, it is said that in 1835 the area was a beautiful spot, high on a hill, and was homestead to a Robert Smith Family, with the acreage later acquired by the Kirkpatrick family. On May 22nd, 1855, the Plat of Locust Hill Cemetery was recorded in Vanderburgh County by the Clerk of the Town of Lamasco City, Daniel Chute. This newly formed cemetery was described as a plot set aside for a little country cemetery where both friends and neighbors could intern the deceased. Mr. William Kirkpatrick had charge of this cemetery for a great many years and, in fact, was identified with it almost from the time it was started. Today, the now sixty-seven-and-a-half-acre facility is well within the boundaries of the City of Evansville after the eastern portion of Lamasco City was eventually merged with Evansville in 1857. Around 1905, Locust Hill Cemetery was deeded over to the City of Evansville, becoming