Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery, Rittman, Medina County, Ohio, United States
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- Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery
- Western Reserve National Cemetery
- Cemetery
- The cemetery is 273.1 acres. Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery lies approximately 45 miles south of Cleveland in Medina County near the town of Rittman.
- Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery is the second national cemetery built in Ohio and the 119th in the national cemetery system. The first phase of construction, covering 65 acres of the 273-acre cemetery, included 15,900 gravesites, 2,000 columbaria niches and 1,000 in-ground garden niches for cremated remains. At full capacity, Ohio Western Reserve can provide burial space for 106,000 eligible veterans and dependents. The cemetery’s name refers to the part of the Northwest Territory formerly known as the Connecticut Western Reserve, a tract of land in Northeast Ohio reserved by the State of Connecticut when it ceded its claims for western lands to the U.S. government in 1786.
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- 41.000319041° 00' 01.1"N-81.810600581° 48' 38.2"W
- Acme (Guilford Township) 1.8 mi. NE
- Rittman (Milton Township, Wayne County) 2.1 mi. SE
- Seville (Seville Village Township) 2.8 mi. W
- Creston (Canaan Township, Wayne County) 4.4 mi. W
- Wadsworth 4.6 mi. NE
- Gloria Glens Park 6.1 mi. NW
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens (Guilford Township) 1 mi. NE
- Jerusalem Lutheran (Guilford Township) 1.6 mi. NE
- Old Mennonite (Wadsworth Township) 1.7 mi. NE
- Guilford (Guilford Township) 1.9 mi. NW
- Rittman (Milton Township, Wayne County) 1.9 mi. S
- Shinersburg 2.3 mi. SE
- Mound Hill (Seville, Seville Village Township) 2.4 mi. W
- Holmes Brook (Wadsworth) 3.4 mi. NE
- Blake (Guilford Township) 3.5 mi. N
- Sterling Union (Milton Township, Wayne County) 3.5 mi. SW
- River Styx (Guilford Township) 3.8 mi. N
- Saint Ann (Milton Township, Wayne County) 3.8 mi. S
- 345 m
- 953856219
- Updated Apr 19, 2020