Port Hudson National Cemetery | |
Cemetery Administration building | |
Location | 20978 Port Hickey Road, Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana |
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Nearest city | Port Hudson, Louisiana |
Coordinates | 30°39′40″N 91°16′30″W / 30.6610137°N 91.2751039°W |
Area | 19.9 acres (8.1 ha) |
Built | 1867 |
Architect | Montgomery C. Meigs |
Architectural style | Second Empire |
MPS | Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 99000591[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 20, 1999 |
Port Hudson National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Port Hudson, 20 miles (32 km) north of the city of Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 19.9 acres (8.1 ha), and as of the end of 2020, had over 12,000 interments.