Date & Time: Tuesday, June 16, 2026. 9 am to 3 PM

Local contact info for any questions: Oak Hill Cemetery - info@oakhillbirmingham.org - (205) 251-6532

Parking: Park along the shoulder and do not park on grass roads unless instructed to do so.

Cemetery Background/Info

In 1871 the City of Birmingham purchased from the Elyton Land Company 21.5 acres of land for a city cemetery, later named Oak Hill. As the first city cemetery, Oak Hill became the resting place for virtually all of the Birmingham pioneers.

Oak Hill Cemetery’s (then known as City Cemetery) location on the South-facing slopes of North Birmingham offers some of the most spectacular vistas of the city. So much so that Oak Hill Cemetery has been placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage and was also placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1977 — the first cemetery in the State of Alabama to be listed on this prestigious register.

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