Metairie Cemetery
Metairie Cemetery is a historic cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, founded in 1872. The name has caused some people to mistakenly presume it is located in Metairie, Louisiana, but it is located within the New Orleans city limits on Metairie Road.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Greenwood Cemetery and Longue Vue House and Gardens.
Greenwood Cemetery
Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The cemetery was opened in 1852, and is located on City Park Avenue in the Navarre neighborhood. Greenwood Cemetery is situated 1,700 feet east of Metairie Cemetery.
Longue Vue House and Gardens
Museum
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Longue Vue House and Gardens, also known as Longue Vue, is a historic house museum and associated gardens in the Lakewood neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Longue Vue House and Gardens is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Metairie Cemetery.
"Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium
Stadium
"Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium is a 1,000-seat baseball park in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the home stadium for the Delgado Community College Dolphins baseball team that competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association. "Rags" Scheuermann Field at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium is situated 3,800 feet east of Metairie Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hollygrove and Mid-City and Esplanade Ridge.
Hollygrove
Suburb
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Hollygrove is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, located in the city's 17th Ward. A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton area, the boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are the following: Palmetto Street to the…
Mid-City and Esplanade Ridge
Mid-City is a portion of New Orleans in the center of the metropolitan area, about midway between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. It is less visited by tourists than more famous areas like the French Quarter, but has impressive attractions of its own.
Lakeview
Village
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Lakeview is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Lakeview District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Robert E Lee Boulevard to the north, Orleans Avenue to the east, Florida Boulevard, Canal Boulevard and I-610 to the south and Pontchartrain Boulevard to the west. Lakeview is situated 1½ miles northeast of Metairie Cemetery.
Metairie Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Category: burial
- Location: City of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.98401° or 29° 59′ 3″ northLongitude
-90.11811° or 90° 7′ 5″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
76XFXVMJ+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 30033079OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Metairie Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cementiri de Metairie”
- French: “cimetière de Metairie”
- French: “Cimetière de Metairie”
- Japanese: “メテリー墓地”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Metairie kirkegård”
- Portuguese: “Cemitério Metairie”
- Russian: “Кладбище Метейри”
- Slovenian: “Metairie Cemetery”
- Spanish: “Cementerio Metairie”
- Swedish: “Metairie Cemetery”
- Welsh: “Mynwent Militaraidd”
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