Forest Hill CEMETERY

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Determine the cost of a gravesite or mausoleum niche

Please see the cemetery’s price list

Find a grave in the cemetery

You can access the cemetery’s listing on Forest Hill Cemetery in Greencastle, Indiana - Find A Grave Cemetery and search for respective listings by name, date of death, date of birth or with keyword searches. For specific locations, it is best to e-mail or call the cemetery office to locate the information in our record books. In inquiring through the office we are able to give you precise locations within the cemetery sections. The cemetery office will also assist family members with genealogy research as time-permits, but requests need to be made in person or via e-mail.

Learn about placing flowers or decorations on graves

Please see the Cemetery Decorations section of the Forest Hill Cemetery Rules and Regulations

Purchase a cemetery plot or mausoleum space

Call or e-mail, using the contact form at the bottom of the page, the cemetery office to arrange an appointment to meet about purchasing a grave site. The office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Our staff will be happy to meet with you in person, via e-mail or over the phone to conduct this transaction. We can mail the paperwork to you. For payment methods, we accept, Cash, Check, Cashier’s Check, Credit/Debit Cards with the additional 3% fee charged by the credit card servicer.

Learn about the history of Forest Hill Cemetery

Located in Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana, the Forest Hill Cemetery occupies approximately 70 acres and its conversion from farmland to a community cemetery began in 1865.  The purchase and planning of the cemetery site was the earliest civic endeavor of the city government that was organized in 1861.  On September 14, 2015, the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A and C.  Originally sketched out for the city in 1865 by William Tinsley, a noted architect, the site became the community’s place of interment when an earlier cemetery near the grounds of Asbury College reached its limit for accepting any more remains. Immediately after the end of the Civil War, local citizens organized an effort to erect a significant monument to its dead citizen soldiers.  Paid for by county-wide subscriptions, the Soldiers’ Monument designed by Thomas Dow Jones and constructed by his firm, came to fruition in 1870. Dedicated during a July 1870 celebration attended by the governor of Indiana, General Lew Wallace and other notables, the monument continues to be the focus of community celebration each Memorial Day.  Over time, the Forest Hill Cemetery has evolved from a 19th century “park-like” setting to the modern memorial park interment ground that became more the standard in the early 20th century. From the day of its opening to accept interments, the cemetery (to the present) continues in its role as a reminder (the physical manifestation) of all those who have died in service to the nation, of passed loved ones, and of the significant and not so significant who have been a part of the fabric of the community’s history

Information taken from the National Register of Historic Places nomination.