Woodland Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 41.489270, -81.642038
Location: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County
Record count: 89,058

Ownership: City of Cleveland

Directions: Located east of downtown Cleveland, the cemetery sits on the north side of Woodland Ave (Highway 87), between E 66th St. and E 71st St.

Background: Founded in 1853, Woodland Cemetery was one of many rural cemeteries built throughout the United States as part of the rural cemetery movement of the mid-19th century. The name “Woodland” came from an imaginative description of the city by Thomas Campbell, a Scottish poet who never visited Cleveland.

The cemetery was laid out by Howard Daniels, a notable New York landscape architect who also designed Spring Hill Cemetery in Cincinnati and Druid Hill Park in Baltimore. For many years after its inception, Woodland served as Cleveland's largest public cemetery, as well as open space for a city lacking in parks. Streetcars ran regularly to Woodland Cemetery, which served as the final resting place for many prominent local citizens.

Burial Records

• View All Transcriptions Combined, 89,058 records
  • City Burial Register, by Interment.net, December 14, 2025, (89,009 records)
  • Soldier's Lot, by Interment.net, April 17, 2025, (49 records)

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