Florence National Cemetery
Florence National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Florence, South Carolina. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 24.9 acres, and as of 2021, had over 12,000 interments.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Florence station and Florence Regional Airport.
Florence station
Railway station
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Florence station is a train station in Florence, South Carolina, United States served by Amtrak. It is currently served by the Palmetto and Silver Meteor routes, and is a service stop for the Auto Train. Florence station is situated 1¼ miles north of Florence National Cemetery.
Florence Regional Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Florence Regional Airport is three miles east of Florence, in Florence County, South Carolina, United States. The only scheduled flights are American Eagle to Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. Florence Regional Airport is situated 2 miles east of Florence National Cemetery.
Beth Israel Congregation
Synagogue
Beth Israel Congregation is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 316 Park Avenue in Florence, South Carolina, in the United States. Formally incorporated with the state of South Carolina in September 1912, Beth Israel grew out of the Florence Hebrew Benevolent Association which was founded in 1887. Beth Israel Congregation is situated 1½ miles northwest of Florence National Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Florence and Mars Bluff.
Florence
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Florence is a city in the Pee Dee Country Region of South Carolina. It was the site of the Florence Stockade, a Confederate POW camp, notably bad but still maybe not as bad as Andersonville, then a railroad hub, and nowadays a regional center for medical care and manufacturing, including as it sits at the terminus for I-20.
Mars Bluff
Hamlet
Mars Bluff is an unincorporated community in Florence County, South Carolina, United States that bears the distinction of having been inadvertently bombed with a nuclear weapon by the United States Air Force. Mars Bluff is situated 6 miles east of Florence National Cemetery.
Florence National Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: historic veterans cemetery in Florence County, South Carolina
- Categories: military cemetery, United States national cemetery, and burial
- Location: Florence, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.18086° or 34° 10′ 51″ northLongitude
-79.75327° or 79° 45′ 12″ westElevation
115 feet (35 metres)Open location code
876256JW+8MOpenStreetMap ID
way 162783867OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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In Other Languages
“Florence National Cemetery” goes by many names.
- French: “cimetière national de Florence”
- French: “Cimetière national de Florence”
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