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Coon Dog Cemetery

  • March 29, 2006
  • Rated 3 of 5 by NiteOwlTX from LaPlace, Louisiana
Coon Dog Cemetery

This is a one of it's kind place to visit! There is no where else in the world that you will see a Coon Dog cemetery. Unlike other pet cemeteries, the Key Underwood Coon Dog Cemetery is a burial ground for pure breed coon dogs only. Only pure breed coon dogs are allowed to be buried here.

Almost 200 coon dogs are buried here. The oldest dates back to 1937. There is also a monument at the entrance to all coon dogs.

The gravestones range from the wooden crosses made of tree branches, like those that you would expect a young boy to make for their dog after it dies, to sophisticated granite grave stones, similar to those on human grave sites. One man in Birmingham has buried four dogs here over five years and each has a matching marble gravestone which would not be out of place in a human cemetery.

I recommend this site to anyone visiting the area. You can visit the site at sun up and still make it to your next attraction before it opens. The uniqueness of this site makes it worth the 40 minute round-trip drive to see it.

From journal The Shoals of Alabama

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