Established 1810 Owned by City of Monroe Founded 1810 No. of graves 6,500+ Designated as world heritage site 21 July 1988 | Country United States Size 10 acres (4 hectares) Phone +1 734-384-8430 Owner City of Monroe | |
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Location 428 Jerome Street
Monroe, Michigan 48161 Type Public cemetery (active) Address 438 Jerome St, Monroe, MI 48161, USA Burials Boston Custer, Henry Armstrong Reed Similar George Armstrong Custer Eq, River Raisin National, Woodlawn Cemetery, Sterling State Park, Sandy Creek | ||
Woodland Cemetery, formerly known as Grove Cemetery and Woodlawn Cemetery, is a public, city-owned cemetery located at 428 Jerome Street in southeast Monroe, Michigan. It occupies 10 acres (4 hectares) and contains over 6,500 graves. Founded in 1810, it is one of Michigan’s oldest public cemeteries. Its oldest burials are veterans who served in the American Revolutionary War. Woodland Cemetery was designated as a Michigan Historic Site on July 21, 1988.
Many of Monroe’s earliest settlers, politicians, and war combatants are buried at Woodland Cemetery, including some of those that were killed during the Battle of Frenchtown in 1813. The cemetery contains Monroe veterans from every major war from the American Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War. A notable burial plot belongs to the families of Monroe residents George Armstrong Custer and his wife Elizabeth Bacon Custer, although neither of those two are buried at Woodland Cemetery. His younger brother, Boston Custer, and his nephew, Henry Armstrong Reed, are buried at Woodland Cemetery after having died alongside George Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory on June 25, 1876.
Woodland Cemetery is located right next to the Zion Cemetery, but the two are separate cemeteries.