West Point Cemetery

West Point Cemetery, also known as Potter's Field and Calvary Cemetery, is a historic cemetery and national historic district located at Norfolk, Virginia.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Elmwood Cemetery and USS Wisconsin.

Elmwood Cemetery

Cemetery

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Elmwood Cemetery is a historic municipal cemetery located at Norfolk, Virginia. It was established in 1853, and is filled with monuments and mausoleums that embody the pathos and symbolism of the Christian view of death as a temporary sleep. Elmwood Cemetery is situated 830 feet east of West Point Cemetery.

USS Wisconsin

Museum

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USS Wisconsin is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944, the ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during World War II, where she participated in the Philippines campaign and the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. USS Wisconsin is situated 1 mile southwest of West Point Cemetery.

Chrysler Museum of Art

Museum

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The Chrysler Museum of Art is an art museum on the border between downtown and the Ghent district of Norfolk, Virginia. The museum was founded in 1933 as the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. Chrysler Museum of Art is situated 2,900 feet southwest of West Point Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Huntersville and Park Place Historic District.

Huntersville

Neighborhood

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Huntersville is a historic neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia. It is located near downtown Norfolk. One of Norfolk's "most intact settlements remaining from the late 19th century," Huntersville "is unique because it was not planned by a company or commission, but developed over time."…

Park Place Historic District

Neighborhood

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Park Place is a neighborhood in the western half of Norfolk, Virginia. Its boundaries are roughly Granby Street on the east, Colley Avenue on the west, 23rd Street on the south and up to 38th Street to the north.

Riverview Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Riverview Historic District is a national historic district located at Norfolk, Virginia. It encompasses 200 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Norfolk. Riverview Historic District is situated 1½ miles north of West Point Cemetery.

West Point Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Description: historic cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Categories: historic district and burial
Location: Norfolk, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.86111° or 36° 51′ 40″ north

Longitude

-76.285° or 76° 17′ 6″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

8785VP68+C2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356605384

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=grave_yard

GeoNames ID

6351060

Wikidata ID

Q16903096

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In Other Languages

“West Point Cemetery” goes by many names.

Hausa: “Kabari na West Point (Norfolk, Virginia)”
Hausa: “Kabari na West Point”

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