Chester Rural Cemetery

Chester Rural Cemetery
Civil War Memorial by Martin Milmore
Details
Established1863
Location
CountryUnited States
Coordinates39°51′37″N 75°22′5″W / 39.86028°N 75.36806°W / 39.86028; -75.36806
TypePublic
Size36 acres (15 ha)
No. of graves31,000
Find a Grave45940

Chester Rural Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery founded in March 1863 in Chester, Pennsylvania. Some of the first burials were Civil War soldiers, both Union and Confederate, who died at the government hospital located at the nearby building which became the Crozer Theological Seminary.