Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery

The Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery is the oldest extant cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It was established in 1858 as a privately owned burial ground known as Minneapolis Cemetery or Layman's Cemetery.

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Type: Cemetery
Also known as: “Minneapolis Cemetery” and “Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery”
Address: 2945 Cedar Avenue South, 55407

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lake Street/Midtown and Martin Olav Sabo Bridge.

Lake Street/Midtown

Railway station

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Lake Street/Midtown station, also referred locally as either the Lake Street station or Midtown station, is a Blue Line light rail stop in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Lake Street/Midtown is situated 1,700 feet east of Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery.

Martin Olav Sabo Bridge

Bridge

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The Martin Olav Sabo Bridge is a bridge in the city of Minneapolis and the first cable-stayed suspension bridge in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Formerly the Midtown Greenway Pedestrian Bridge, it was renamed in honor of former Representative Martin Olav Sabo, a fourteen-term member of Congress from Minnesota. Martin Olav Sabo Bridge is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery.

South High School

School

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Minneapolis South High School, commonly known as South, is a comprehensive public high school in the Corcoran neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1885, the school is housed in a building constructed in 1970 that features a blend of modern and historic architectural styles. South High School is situated 1,400 feet south of Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Phillips and Longfellow.

Phillips

Suburb

Phillips is a community in Minneapolis, just south of downtown. Traditionally, it was both a community and a neighborhood. Phillips is a diverse area in many ways: its population includes people of many nationalities; it has a mix of residential, commercial…

Longfellow

Neighborhood

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Longfellow is a neighborhood within the larger Longfellow community in Minneapolis, United States. It is bounded by Seward to the North, Cooper to the East, Howe to the South, and Corcoran and East Phillips to the West.

Seward

Neighborhood

Seward is a neighborhood in the Longfellow community of Minneapolis, Minnesota, located geographically southeast of downtown. It consists of the land bordered by the Hiawatha Avenue industrial district to the west, Minneapolis Midtown Greenway to the south, the Mississippi River to the east, and Interstate 94 to the north.

Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery

Category: burial
Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Twin Cities, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.94993° or 44° 56′ 60″ north

Longitude

-93.24486° or 93° 14′ 42″ west

Elevation

860 feet (262 metres)

Open location code

86P8WQX4+X3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 35457615

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

5041742

Wikidata ID

Q6868009

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