Western State Hospital Cemetery

This cemetery, located in Staunton, Virginia, contains more than two thousand unmarked headstones. Some of the

tombstones do include names, birth and death dates, but barely any. Most that include information were added later by family members of the deceased.

Most individuals buried in this cemetery passed away at the Western State Lunatic Asylum, which operated from 1828 until the 1970's.

Facts

 * The Western State Hospital Cemetery is the sixth largest cemetery in Augusta County, with at least 2,360 known memorials as of July, 2020. Though it is suspected to have many more.