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Overlooking the Miami River, Carillon Park and the stunning skyline of Dayton, Ohio you will find one of the most beautiful and peaceful sites in Ohio’s Miami Valley… Calvary Cemetery.
Situated on 200 rolling acres, our Historic Cemetery is located in the southern part of the city bordering the suburbs of Kettering, Oakwood and Moraine. Our land comprises one of the largest green spaces in all of Dayton and Montgomery County.
The cemetery is located along Calvary Avenue with its entrance 250 feet west of the intersection of Calvary Avenue with S Patterson Boulevard. The road between S Patterson Boulevard and the cemetery entrance is in the City of Kettering. The cemetery itself is located in the City of Moraine.
The cemetery is located in the city of Moraine, Montgomery County, Ohio, and is # 8407 (Calvary Catholic Cemetery / Calvary Cemetery) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.
The cemetery is registered with the Ohio Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (ODRE) as Calvary Cemetery Assoc. with registration license number CBR.0000982990.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1038630 (Calvary Cemetery / Catholic Cemetery).
I-75 to Dayton Ohio exit 51 the Edwin C. Moses exit. From the Edwin C. Moses exit go east along the Miami River. Make the first right on Stewart Street. Then the first right again on Patterson Boulevard which turns into S. Dixie Drive. Calvary Cemetery will be just past historic Carillon on the right.
Calvary Cemetery is located on land that was once know as "The Bluffs". Thought to be occupied by mound builder Native Americans who used the natural ridges and hollows as forts. It started in 1872.
When Saint Henry Cemetery closed, many burials were moved to Calvary Cemetery. There are about 70,000 buried here in this active, well maintained cemetery.
Forgotten Faces of Dayton's Historic Calvary Cemetery