Naming the Forgotten-Eastern State Hospital Project

Began in December 2006, this special project started from within the KyGenWeb. Working with various records, our goal is to identify those who lived and died at the hospital before 1956. Prior to the state mandated registration of deaths in 1911, records pertaining to these individuals are scarce.  Contributions of additional data are invited and may be made by contacting

Eastern State Hospital Cemetery

The Eastern State Hospital Cemetery, located on the hospital grounds, in use from the first quarter of the nineteenth century until the early 1950s, is no longer intact. Local industrial development resulted in a relocation of many cemetery graves to a small common area of land near the hospital grounds. It is unknown how many individuals are buried in the cemetery, but is believed to consist of 10,000 or more.  These persons came from all over the state of Kentucky, as well as from other states. 

Eastern State Hospital Cemetery Club

The Eastern State Hospital Cemetery Club was formed in the spring of 2006.  Their goal, to give dignity to those buried in the hospital cemetery by erecting a monument in their honor.  They are currently working on gathering as many names as possible of those buried in the cemetery.

Naming the Forgotten - The Eastern State Hospital Project assisted the club by sharing information found regarding persons interred at the hospital cemetery.