title: Elesavetgrad Cemetery
text: # Elesavetgrad Cemetery
  
  The Elesavetgrad Cemetery DCHBA is a 2.6 acre Jewish cemetery located in Southeast Washington, D.C. The cemetery was established in December 1911. This cemetery is adjacent to the Ohev Sholom, Adas Israel, Bet Mishpachah and Washington Hebrew cemeteries.
  
  ## History
  
  The cemetery was founded in 1911. The name is derived from the English equivalent of Elesavetgrad, Ukraine, the ancestral home to many of the founding members.
  
  ## Notable burials
  
  * Shirley Lewis Povich (1905–1998), Sportswriter
  