Greenwood Cemetery

Greenwood Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was established in 1869, is 43 acres in size and contains approximately 20,000 graves.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Friends Hospital and Philadelphia Charter School for Arts and Sciences.

Hospital
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is a psychiatric hospital located in , , United States. Founded in 1813 by as The Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason, the institution was later renamed the Frankford Asylum for the Insane. is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Greenwood Cemetery.

School
The at H.R. Edmunds is a charter school that is located in the Northwood neighborhood of , . is situated 3,400 feet northeast of Greenwood Cemetery.

Metro station
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is an elevated rapid transit station and bus station serving SEPTA Metro L trains and SEPTA City Bus routes. It is located at the intersection of Frankford Avenue, Oxford Avenue, Arrott Street, Paul Street, and Margaret Street in the neighborhood of , . is situated 1 mile southeast of Greenwood Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northwood and Frankford.

Neighborhood
, an area of the section of Philadelphia, is bounded on the north by Roosevelt Boulevard, on the northeast by Cheltenham Avenue, on the west by Oakland Cemetery and Greenwood Cemetery, Juniata Park and , and on the southeast by Frankford Avenue.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the section of situated about six miles northeast of . Although its borders are vaguely defined, the neighborhood is bounded roughly by the original course of on the south…

Neighborhood
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is a working class neighborhood in , which is a section of the city of , , United States. is located south of the Golf Club in Tacony Creek Park.

Greenwood Cemetery

Latitude
40.02132° or 40° 1′ 17″ north
Longitude
-75.09785° or 75° 5′ 52″ west
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
87G62WC2+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 784022731
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
5192049
Wiki­data ID
Q5604999
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