The cemetery is best known because of the aftermath of the Johnstown Flood of 1889 . Many of the flood 's 2,209 victims are buried there . A section of the cemetery called the " Unknown Plot " contains the bodies of 777 flood victims who could not be identified . A monument to the flood victims was purchased by the state of Pennsylvania and dedicated on May 31 , 1892 before a crowd estimated at 10,000 that included the governor of Pennsylvania
Johnstown Flood
Johnstown Flood
Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown