IVY HILL

Ivy Hill Cemetery is a nonprofit, nondenominational, nonsectarian corporation which was chartered in 1856. It is a community cemetery that has been serving the needs of our local families since before it was chartered. Interments date back as far as 1811, when Ivy Hill was a family burial ground. Some of the birth dates listed on the stones are mid-eighteenth century. As a bequest in the settlement of an estate, Ivy Hill was established as a community burial ground in 1856. It is a beautiful, historic, "church yard" style cemetery located in the heart of what is now a prime residential area of the city of Alexandria. In the last half of the 19th century Ivy Hill was out in the country on farm land. In fact, for the history minded, the land area where the cemetery is located was, at one time, in the Virginia portion of the District of Columbia... The goal, like the cemetery's charter, is not to profit, but to serve. Ivy Hill strives to provide the highest level of service, care and..

Primary location: Alexandria United States