Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 41.003745, -81.812085
County: Medina
Record count: 49,627

Ownership: National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Directions: Located south-east of Seville's village limits, the cemetery sits along the east side of Rawiga Rd, adjacent to Rawiga Golf Club.

Background: Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery is the second national cemetery built in Ohio and the 119th in the national cemetery system. At full capacity, Ohio Western Reserve can provide burial space for 106,000 eligible veterans and dependents, beyond the year 2050.

The cemetery’s name refers to the part of the Northwest Territory formerly known as the Connecticut Western Reserve, a tract of land in Northeast Ohio reserved by the State of Connecticut when it ceded its claims for western lands to the U.S. government in 1786.

Burial Records

• Veterans Affairs Database, by Interment.net, April 17, 2025, (49,627 records)

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