Welcome to the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery website.
St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery is one of Baton Rouge’s oldest and most historic cemeteries. Established in 1792 behind what is now St. Joseph Cathedral, the cemetery was moved to its current location on Main Street in 1825. Among the notable individuals buried in the cemetery are early mayors, sheriffs, business leaders, Baton Rouge’s first doctor, Confederate and Union soldiers, African-American Reconstruction Era legislators and an artist, engineer and cartographer who created a well-known map of plantations along the Mississippi River. The majority of the graves, however, belong to ordinary residents who have helped build Baton Rouge over more than 300 years.
