Walnut Hills Cemetery (Cincinnati)

Walnut Hills Cemetery, March 2019

Walnut Hills Cemetery is located at 3117 Victory Parkway in the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. The cemetery opened in 1843, under the name of "The Second German Protestant Cemetery". Other names include "German Cemetery", "German Protestant Cemetery", and "Walnut Hills Protestant Cemetery". Its original size was about 5 acres (20,000 m²). In 1941, at the beginning of World War II, the name was changed to Walnut Hills Cemetery. Today, the cemetery sits on over 70 acres (280,000 m²). Major League Baseball player George Rohe (1874–1957) is buried there.

Notable burials

• Tony Hunter, professional football player

References

• Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors, American Guide Series, The Weisen-Hart Press, 1943, p. 313 OCLC 28402639

External links

• Walnut Hills Cemetery
• Walnut Hills Cemetery at Find a Grave
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Walnut Hills Cemetery