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Riverside Cemetery

Riverside Cemetery, established in 1876, is , 's oldest operating . More than 67,000 people are buried there, including 1,000 veterans.
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Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Denver, Colorado, United States
  • Also known as: “Pioneer Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 48th & Brighton/National Western Center station and Forney Transportation Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 4.0.
48th & Brighton / National Western Center station is a station on the N Line of the Denver RTD commuter rail system in , Colorado. It is the first station northbound from and is located on the edge of the neighborhood. is situated 3,700 feet southwest of Riverside Cemetery.

Museum
Photo: Piotrus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a transportation museum located in Denver, Colorado. It is named after the founder, J.D. Forney, who started Forney Industries, Inc, in . is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Riverside Cemetery.

Power station
is a natural gas-fired power plant in , about 5 miles north of downtown . Cherokee currently has a nameplate capacity of 1006.4 megawatts, and a net summer capacity of 886 megawatts, making it the largest power plant in Adams County, and the second largest natural-gas fired plant in the state behind Fort St. is situated 1 mile north of Riverside Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elyria-Swansea and Globeville.

Neighborhood
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0.
is a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. It is located in East Denver, on the northeast side of the city. In 2007, the neighborhood had 7,218 residents and 1,787 households.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. is located in the area traditionally called North Denver.

Town
Photo: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 4.0.
is a home rule city located in , United States. The city population was 62,418 at the 2020 United States census, a 35.95% increase since the 2010 United States census. is situated 2 miles northeast of Riverside Cemetery.

Riverside Cemetery

Latitude
39.79368° or 39° 47′ 37″ north
Longitude
-104.96205° or 104° 57′ 43″ west
Elevation
5,161 feet (1,573 metres)
Open location code
85FQQ2VQ+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 120872578
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
5436541
Wiki­data ID
Q7338437
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In Other Languages

From Japanese to Swedish—“Riverside Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Japanese: “リヴァーサイド墓地”
  • Japanese: “リバーサイド墓地”
  • Slovenian: “Riverside Cemetery”
  • Spanish: “Cementerio de Riverside”
  • Swedish: “Riverside Cemetery”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Riverside Cemetery”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.