Jefferson City National Cemetery

Jefferson City National Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	1024 E. McCarty St., Jefferson City, Missouri
Coordinates:	38°34′6″N 92°9′42″W
Area:	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built:	1867
Architect:	Meigs, Montgomery C.
Architectural style:	Second Empire, Classical Revival
Governing body:	VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
MPS:	Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP Reference#:	92000503
Added to NRHP:	October 01, 1998

Jefferson City National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Jefferson City, in Cole County, Missouri. It encompasses 2 acres (0.81 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 1,792 interments. It is administered by Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

History

The first interments took place in Jefferson City National Cemetery in 1861, and were American Civil War soldiers who died in the skirmishes that took place in the region. Though, the area did not see any wide-scale combat, it was officially designated a National Cemetery in 1867.

Jefferson City National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 1998.

Notable monuments

• The 39th Regiment Monument of Centralia, Missouri, erected circa 1968 to commemorate those members of the Missouri Volunteer Infantry who died at the hands of William T. Anderson's bushwhacker forces in the Centralia Massacre (Missouri)

See also

• United States Department of Veterans Affairs

External links

• National Cemetery Administration
• Jefferson City National Cemetery