Winchester Cemetery 
Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky
625 West Lexington Ave 
Winchester, KY 40392-4036 
PH: (859) 744-6889 

Lat: 37° 59' 50"N, Lon: 84° 11' 20"W 
The Winchester Cemetery was established in 1854.

HISTORY:
The old cemetery on East Broadway came into use during the year 1833. First mention 
of it in public records is found in the Minutes Book in the city clerk’s office.  A notation made September 4, 1833 states that John Bruner was allowed $30.00 for a half-acre of ground, the sum to be paid when the deed was made.  On October 19th the same year, William Ritchie was allowed $15.00 for the purchase of one-forth acre of ground  “to be used as a public burial ground for the victims of the cholera.” On November 1, 1883 a deed of conveyance was made by John and Rebecca Bruner and William and Clarissa Ritchie to the trustees of the town of 
Winchester, via; John Ward,  James B. Trumbull, John McDavid , I.W. Kenneth, and Joseph Ficklin. For the sum of $45.00 three fourths of an acre of ground was transferred to the town trustees.

The Broadway Cemetery continues in use during the 1850’s. The city clerk’s minute 
book shows that on October 4, 1852 Joel Storm was ordered to have the public graveyard cleaned up and on August 14, 1854 Storm was instructed to “put a fence are the old cemetery.” 
After the organization of the Winchester Cemetery in 1854, most of the bodies were removed from the old burial ground to the new cemetery on Lexington Avenue.