Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery is the oldest active cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. It was established in 1852 as one of the first rural cemeteries in the South. A funeral scene in Paramount's 1993 legal thriller The Firm was filmed here.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Elmwood Cemetery, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Morgan Bridge and Stax Museum of American Soul Music.
Morgan Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Elmwood Cemetery, Public domain.
Morgan Bridge is situated 970 feet north of Elmwood Cemetery.
Stax Museum of American Soul Music
Museum
Photo: Victor Chapa, CC BY 2.0.
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is a museum located in Memphis, Tennessee, at 926 East McLemore Avenue, the original location of Stax Records. Stax launched and supported the careers of artists such as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Sam & Dave, Booker T. Stax Museum of American Soul Music is situated 2,300 feet south of Elmwood Cemetery.
LeMoyne–Owen College
College
LeMoyne–Owen College is a private historically black college affiliated with the United Church of Christ and located in Memphis, Tennessee. It resulted from the 1968 merger of historically black colleges and other schools established by northern Protestant missions during and after the American Civil War. LeMoyne–Owen College is situated 2,200 feet southwest of Elmwood Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Medical District and South Memphis.
Medical District
Neighborhood
The Memphis Medical District is an area which was created to provide a central location for medical care, serving both Memphis and the Mid-South.
South Memphis
Suburb
South Memphis, one of the oldest portions of Memphis, Tennessee, is a community stretching from Riverside Drive and E. H. Crump Blvd just south of Downtown south and east to Pendleton St.
Downtown Memphis
Suburb
Downtown Memphis is the central business district of Memphis, Tennessee, and is located along the Mississippi River between Interstate 40 to the north, Interstate 55 to the south, and Interstate 240 to the east, where it abuts Midtown Memphis.
Elmwood Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: oldest active cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee
- Category: burial
- Location: Shelby, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.12183° or 35° 7′ 19″ northLongitude
-90.02901° or 90° 1′ 44″ westElevation
302 feet (92 metres)Open location code
867F4XCC+P9OpenStreetMap ID
way 129992439OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Elmwood Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “埃爾姆伍德公墓”
- German: “Elmwood Cemetery”
- Swedish: “Elmwood Cemetery”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Elmwood Cemetery”. Photo: Elmwood Cemetery, Public domain.