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Saint Joseph Cemetery, often referred to as New Saint Joseph Cemetery or Saint Joseph New Cemetery, is currently 163 acres in size and is located in the Price Hill section of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. In 1853, Catholic Archbishop Purcell purchased 61.31 acres to establish this new cemetery, since the original Saint Joseph Cemetery, approximately two miles closer to downtown Cincinnati, was filling up. In 1880, the Saint Joseph Cemetery Association was incorporated as the management entity for the cemetery and for the Irish portion of the original Saint Joseph Cemetery. The Saint Joseph Cemetery Association office is located on the grounds of the cemetery near the intersection of Pedretti Avenue and Foley Road. The small Delphi Universalist Church Cemetery is located within the grounds of the Saint Joseph New Cemetery.
On the cemetery website, a searchable database of burials in the Saint Joseph New Cemetery can be found under the heading “Genealogy”. The database also includes burials at the Saint Joseph Irish Cemetery, which are labelled “Old Cemetery” in the database.
The cemetery is located in the city of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio and is # 4599 (New Saint Josephs Catholic Cemetery / Saint Joseph Chapel and Mausoleum / Saint Josephs 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 St. Joseph Cemetery with registration license number CRC.0000981251.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1056934 (Saint Joseph's Cemetery / Cathedral Cemetery / New Saint Joseph Cemetery / New Saint Joseph's Cemetery).