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Glenwood Cemetery

Glenwood Cemetery is located in Houston, Texas, United States. Developed in 1871, the first professionally designed cemetery in the city accepted its first burial in 1872.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Houston, Texas
  • Address: 2525 Washington Avenue, Houston, TX 77007

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Houston Police Officer’s Memorial and Buffalo Bayou Park.

Memorial
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The Houston Police Officers Memorial is a piece of public art erected in , Texas, in 1991, to recognize the sacrifices made by city police officers and to honor those who have lost their lives in the line of duty. is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Glenwood Cemetery.

Park
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is a 2.3 mile long municipal park located along the banks of the near Downtown Houston, Texas. With a total area of 160 acres, stretches from Shepherd Drive to Sabine Street, between Allen Parkway and Memorial Drive. is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Glenwood Cemetery.

Park
is a section of in Houston, Texas. It was designated on April 20, 1998 in honor of Eleanor Tinsley, who served as a member of the Houston City Council At-Large for 16 years. is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Glenwood Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neartown and Fourth Ward.

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is a general name for the lively area that encompasses the neighborhoods just west of Downtown. It is bounded by I-69/US-59 to the south, I-45 to the east, and Allen Parkway to the north. The western boundary is approximately Shepherd Drive.

Suburb
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is one of the historic six wards of , , United States. The is located inside the 610 Loop directly west of and adjacent to .

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is a sprawling port city in Southeastern . An oil boom and continuing international immigration has brought explosive growth to the city, and it is now the fifth largest metropolitan area in the and the most diverse large city since 2021.

Glenwood Cemetery

Latitude
29.76538° or 29° 45′ 55″ north
Longitude
-95.38489° or 95° 23′ 6″ west
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Inception
1871
Open location code
76X6QJ88+52
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43018043
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­grave_yard
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
4693742
Wiki­data ID
Q2751751
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Glenwood Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Glenwood Cemetery”
  • Chinese: “格倫伍德公墓墓地”
  • Danish: “Glenwood Cemetery”
  • Dutch: “Glenwood Cemetery”
  • French: “cimetière de Glenwood”
  • French: “Cimetière de Glenwood”
  • German: “Glenwood Cemetery”
  • Hebrew: “בית הקברות גלנווד”
  • Japanese: “グレンウッド墓地”
  • Russian: “Гленвудское кладбище”
  • Slovenian: “Glenwood Cemetery”
  • Swedish: “Glenwood Cemetery”
  • Welsh: “Mynwent Glenwood”

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