St. Peter's Cemetery was the first cemetery (there may be older burial places, for example along levees or underneath the church/cathedral), established in 1725. When it was established it was outside the city, however, as the city grew it was eventually swallowed up by what is now the French Quarter. It was officially closed in the late 18th century and by the early 19th century the land was being re-developed for residential and commercial use. The burials were not moved and remain underneath the modern French Quarter.
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