Historic Woodland Cemetery
Originating in the early 1800’s, Woodland Cemetery is one of Michigan’s oldest and historical public cemeteries. Here rests Monroe’s pioneers, distinguished citizens, political/public officials and veterans of every U.S. military conflict from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam. Included are three U.S. Generals, five U.S. Colonels, one Territorial Delegate to Congress, one U.S. Senator, four U.S. Representatives, numerous mayors, Michigan State Senators and Representatives, one Michigan Secretary of State, two Chief Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, and Custer family members.
The cemetery occupies 11 acres of land in the city of Monroe, Michigan. It has over 7,000 burials with hundreds of marble, limestone, bronze and granite markers. The cemetery is thought to have an early “Potter’s Field” and has the designation of being Monroe’s first cemetery to accept African Americans. It also may have been part of the American forces retreat routes during the Battle of the River Raisin on January 22, 1813.
In 1988 it was listed on the State Register of Historic Sites. Trinity and Zion Lutheran Cemeteries are adjacent to the east of Woodland.
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