Payne Cemetery
Payne's Cemetery was a 13-acre cemetery located in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It was founded in 1851 as a privately owned secular cemetery open to the public, but it primarily served the city's African American community.- Cemetery
- …lies at an elevation of around 160 feet (50 metres)
- …is also known as “Payne’s Cemetery”
- Description: cemetery in Washington, D.C
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Payne Cemetery
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Latitude
38.88456° or 38° 53′ 4″ north
Longitude
-76.93386° or 76° 56′ 2″ west
Open location code
87C5V3M8+RF
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OpenStreetMap feature
amenity = grave_yard
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