Frankfort Cemetery
Frankfort, Kentucky, United States
215 East Main Street, Frankfort, KY 40601, USA
GRAVE
VISITOR INFORMATION
The monument is a documented memorial and claimed reburial. Do not present the remains attribution as settled. Restrooms have been made available in the cemetery office, the first building on the right after the gate; the chapel has no restroom. The office is currently listed as open Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; confirm visitor access before relying on it.
Current public gate hours were not confirmed in the reviewed operator source; check with the cemetery before travel.
Consider April–May or September–October for more comfortable weather; confirm current access and visiting hours.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
TICKET INFORMATION
HISTORIC SITES NEARBY
Nearby Historic Sites
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Landmark
WHO WAS HERE
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PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE
About Frankfort Cemetery
A monument at Frankfort Cemetery marks the reinterment of Daniel Boone and his wife Rebecca; the identity of the transferred remains has been disputed.
The cemetery maintains the Boone monument and active burial grounds.
History happened here at Frankfort Cemetery
Daniel and Rebecca Boone were reinterred here in 1845 according to Kentucky accounts.
Missouri accounts dispute whether Daniel Boone’s remains were among those moved from the original grave.
PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE
PEOPLE AT REST HERE
Daniel Boone
EXTERNAL LINKS
Frankfort Cemetery, Boone memorial and history: https://www.frankfortcemetery.org/
Kentucky Historical Society, 1845 reinterment: https://history.ky.gov/markers/daniel-boones-grave
Frankfort tourism, remains controversy: https://visitfrankfort.com/art/daniel-boone-monument/
Map coordinates: https://mapcarta.com/N5516267070