Woodland Cemetery
Woodland Cemetery is a historically African American cemetery in Northeast Richmond, Virginia located directly east of the Highland Park neighborhood. Opening in 1916, it was built as a resting place for the Black elite of Richmond.- Cemetery
- …lies at an elevation of around 150 feet (50 metres)
- Description: cemetery in Richmond, Virginia
Places of Interest Nearby
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Chestnut Hill–Plateau Historic District
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Highland Park Plaza Historic District
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Places in the Area
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Chestnut Hill
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Barton Heights
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Woodland Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location
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Latitude
37.56202° or 37° 33′ 43″ north
Longitude
-77.41265° or 77° 24′ 46″ west
Open location code
8794HH6P+RW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = cemetery
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Woodland Cemetery” goes by many names.
Kabari na WoodlandHausa
Kabari na Woodland (Richmond, Virginia)Hausa
בית הקברות וודלנד, וירג’יניהHebrew
Reilig WoodlandIrish
Woodland CemeteryNorwegian Bokmål
Woodland CemeteryNorwegian Nynorsk
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