Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. The 22.5-acre cemetery contains approximately 36,000 burials, nearly all of them African Americans.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Washington, D.C.
- Address: 4611 Benning Road, Washington, DC 20019
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Payne Cemetery and Benning Road Metro Station.
Payne Cemetery
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. Payne Cemetery is situated 1,200 feet east of Woodlawn Cemetery.
Benning Road Metro Station
Metro station
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Benning Road station is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in the Benning neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on November 22, 1980, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Benning Road Metro Station is situated 2,000 feet north of Woodlawn Cemetery.
Minnesota Avenue station
Metro station
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Minnesota Avenue station is an island-platformed Washington Metro station in the Central Northeast/Mahaning Heights neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., United States. Minnesota Avenue station is situated 1 mile northwest of Woodlawn Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Civic Betterment and Benning.
Civic Betterment
Neighborhood
Civic Betterment is a small neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C., on the border of Prince George's County, Maryland. It is triangular in area, bounded by:…
Benning
Neighborhood
Benning is a residential neighborhood located in Ward 7 of Northeast Washington, D.C. It is bounded by East Capitol Street to the south, Minnesota Avenue to the west, and Benning Road on the north and east.
Deanwood
Neighborhood
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Deanwood is a neighborhood in Northeast Washington, D.C., bounded by Eastern Avenue to the northeast, Kenilworth Avenue to the northwest, Division Avenue to the southeast, and Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue to the south.
Woodlawn Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.88502° or 38° 53′ 6″ northLongitude
-76.93813° or 76° 56′ 17″ westElevation
157 feet (48 metres)Open location code
87C5V3P6+2POpenStreetMap ID
way 43973524OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Woodlawn Cemetery” goes by many names.
- French: “cimetière Woodlawn de Washington”
- French: “Cimetière Woodlawn de Washington”
- Hausa: “Kabari na Woodlawn (Washington, DC)”
- Hausa: “Kabari na Woodlawn”
- Japanese: “ウッドローン墓地”
- Malayalam: “വുഡ്ലോൺ സെമിത്തേരി”
- Swedish: “Woodlawn Cemetery”
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