Memphis National Cemetery

Memphis National Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
National Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee
Location	3568 Townes Ave Memphis, Tennessee
MPS	Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP reference No.	96001233
Added to NRHP	October 10, 1996

Memphis National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the Nutbush neighborhood in northeast Memphis, Tennessee. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 44.2 acres (17.9 ha), and as of the end of 2007, had 42,184 interments.^[1]

Several Civil War battlefield cemeteries were transferred to the Memphis National Cemetery after the war.