Woodland Cemetery

Woodland Cemetery is a historically African American in Northeast located directly east of the Highland Park neighborhood. Opening in 1916, it was built as a resting place for the Black elite of Richmond.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Chestnut Hill–Plateau Historic District and Highland Park Plaza Historic District.

Historic site
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The … is situated 2,600 feet west of Woodland Cemetery.

Historic site
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The … is situated 1 mile north of Woodland Cemetery.

Heritage site
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is a set of six contiguous… is situated 1 mile west of Woodland Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chestnut Hill and Barton Heights.

Neighborhood
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is an unincorporated community in the City of , in the U.S. state of .

Neighborhood
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is a streetcar suburb neighborhood and…

Neighborhood
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Originally a trolley car suburb in the years just…

Woodland Cemetery

Latitude
37.56202° or 37° 33′ 43″ north
Longitude
-77.41265° or 77° 24′ 46″ west
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Open location code
8794HH6P+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44703326
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
4794505
Wiki­data ID
Q8032818
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In Other Languages

From French to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Woodland Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • French: “cimetière de Woodland”
  • French: “Cimetière de Woodland”
  • German: “Woodland Cemetery”
  • Hausa: “Kabari na Woodland (Richmond, Virginia)”
  • Hausa: “Kabari na Woodland”
  • Hebrew: “בית הקברות וודלנד, וירג’יניה”
  • Irish: “Reilig Woodland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Woodland Cemetery”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Woodland Cemetery”

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