Architect Meigs, Montgomery C. Area 8,000 m² Year built 1867 Burials John S. Marmaduke | NRHP Reference # 92000503 Phone +1 314-845-8320 Added to NRHP 1 October 1998 | |
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Architectural style Second Empire, Classical Revival MPS Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS Address 1024 E McCarty St, Jefferson City, MO 65101, USA Hours Open today · 7AM–6PMFriday7AM–6PMSaturday7AM–6PMSunday7AM–6PMMonday7AM–6PMTuesday7AM–6PMWednesday7AM–6PMThursday7AM–6PM Similar Resurrect Cemetery, Missouri Veterans Commissi, Hawthorn Memorial Gardens, Cole County Historical | ||
Jefferson City National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Jefferson City, in Cole County, Missouri. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, 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.
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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.
Noteworthy 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).