Woodlawn Cemetery

Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Benning Ridge neighborhood of , in the United States. The 22.5-acre cemetery contains approximately 36,000 burials, nearly all of them African Americans.
  • Cemetery
  • …lies at an elevation of around 160 feet (50 metres)
  • Description: cemetery in Washington, D.C.
  • Address: 4611 Benning Road, Washington, DC 20019

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Payne Cemetery and Benning Road Metro Station.
Cemetery
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1,200 feet east of Woodlawn Cemetery
Metro station
Benning Road station is an island-platformed…
2,000 feet north of Woodlawn Cemetery
The Capitol View Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library System.
2,800 feet northeast of Woodlawn Cemetery

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Civic Betterment and Benning.
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Latitude
38.88502° or 38° 53′ 6″ north
Longitude
-76.93813° or 76° 56′ 17″ west
Open location code
87C5V3P6+2P
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Open­Street­Map feature
landuse = cemetery
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In Other Languages

From French to Swedish—“Woodlawn Cemetery” goes by many names.
Kabari na WoodlawnHausa
Kabari na Woodlawn (Washington, DC)Hausa
ウッドローン墓地Japanese
വുഡ്‌ലോൺ സെമിത്തേരിMalayalam
Woodlawn CemeterySwedish

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