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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
Photo: Luthierguy, Public domain.
Minneapolis South High School, or simply South, is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Corcoran neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. South High School is situated 1,400 feet south of Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Phillips and Seward.
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…
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.
Powderhorn
Suburb
Powderhorn is a defined community in Minneapolis that consists of eight neighborhoods. The community name is derived from Powderhorn Lake that is the centerpiece of the present-day Powderhorn Park.
Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Twin Cities, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.94993° or 44° 56′ 60″ northLongitude
-93.24486° or 93° 14′ 42″ westElevation
860 feet (262 metres)Open location code
86P8WQX4+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 35457615OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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