Historic Woodlawn Cemetery

Since 1876, The Historic Woodlawn Cemetery has been providing Cemetery Association from Toledo. The Historic Woodlawn Cemetery is incorporated in Ohio.

The Woodlawn Cemetery was established way back in 1876, and is included in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Prominent personalities of the Toledo region are buried here that include John H. Doyle, James Mitchell Ashley and Morrison Waite. Check website for more details.

*Beginning in the 1830's, American urban planners began to establish rural cemeteries on the outskirts of cities as a way to address the growing issues of overcrowding, public health risks and a lack of leisure space. Historic Woodlawn Cemetery, which was founded in 1876, consisted of 160 acres - one-half mile square - and represented the flourishing of the "rural cemetery movement" in...