Greenwood Cemetery, created in 1890, is an inactive and historical cemetery that is the final resting place for an estimated 4,768 people. Greenwood Cemetery was a pauper cemetery that was once part of the St. Louis County Poor Farm, also known as The Cook Home. The Poor Farm was a place where work was exchanged for a place to live. Many of the people who lived, worked, died and were buried here were poor immigrants, disconnected from family. Records of who these early pioneers of our area were and where in the cemetery they are buried are, for the most part, useless. Often real names were not known or used and marker numbers were assigned to multiple people. In 1984 a memorial plaque was dedicated by the St. Louis County Historical Society and in 2012 a rededication ceremony was held for those who lie in rest here. Officially declared as "inactive and historical" means that the cemetery will remain undisturbed in it's current state. No additional headstones will be allowed. County crews maintain the landscaping. As the late Steve O'Neil (county commissioner) stated at the rededication in 2012, "These people may have been forgotten at the time they passed, but their lives did have meaning and we can still honor them with a blessing now."
**Entrance to parking area is next to bus stop, across the street from Barnes Road.**