Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery is a large, city-owned burial ground in the East End of Richmond, Virginia. It holds over 48,000 graves, including many soldiers from the Civil War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Richmond, Virginia
- Also known as: “Oakwood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Robinson Theater and East End Cemetery.
Robinson Theater
Theater building
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Robinson Theater is a theater building, which is situated 3,000 feet west of Oakwood Cemetery.
East End Cemetery
Cemetery
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East End Cemetery is an historic African-American cemetery located at 50 Evergreen Rd, in the East End of Richmond, Virginia. East End Cemetery is situated 3,200 feet east of Oakwood Cemetery.
Evergreen Cemetery
Cemetery
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Evergreen Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery in the East End of Richmond, Virginia, dating from 1891. The most recent burial in the historic section of the cemetery dates from the 1980s. Evergreen Cemetery is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Oakwood Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Creighton Court and East End.
Creighton Court
Neighborhood
Creighton Court is a neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia's East End region. Creighton Court sits on the border between the City of Richmond and eastern Henrico County.
East End
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East End is a district in Richmond, Virginia. This includes historic neighborhoods in Richmond such as Church Hill, Fairmount, and Union Hill, more modern developments such as Fulton, Powhatan Hill, Fulton Hill, and Montrose Heights, and public housing communities such as Fairfield Court, Creighton Court, Whitcomb Court, and Mosby Court.
Fairmount
Neighborhood
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Originally a trolley car suburb in the years just before the dawn of the 20th century, the Fairmount neighborhood in Church Hill, Richmond, Virginia, is located just north of Union Hill.
Oakwood Cemetery
- Categories: military cemetery and burial
- Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Oakwood Cemetery” goes by many names.
- German: “Oakwood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)”
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