Quinette Cemetery

Quinette Cemetery is a historic landmark and African-American burial ground located in Kirkwood, Missouri, a suburb of the city of St. Louis.

The Quinette Cemetery was established in 1866,[1] originally associated with the Olive Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Kirkwood.

[2] The cemetery is roughly 2.7 acres in size and has 25 marked graves,[3] it is believed that some 150 to 200 people are buried here.

[3] The cemetery is the burial site of African-American American Civil War soldiers, formally enslaved people, as well as World War II veterans.

It is also regarded as the oldest African American Cemetery West of the Mississippi River.