Daughters of Zion Cemetery
Daughters of Zion Cemetery, also known as Zion Cemetery, Society Cemetery, and Old Oakwood Section, is a historic African-American cemetery located at Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jefferson Theater and Paramount Theater.
Jefferson Theater
Theater building
Photo: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jefferson Theater, a former movie palace, is a performing arts venue located at 110 East Main Street in Charlottesville, Virginia, and is the centerpiece of the Historic Downtown Mall. Jefferson Theater is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Daughters of Zion Cemetery.
Paramount Theater
Theater building
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Paramount Theater in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, was designed by Rapp and Rapp and opened in 1931 as a movie theater. The Paramount continued showing movies until it closed in 1974. Paramount Theater is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Daughters of Zion Cemetery.
Market Street Park
Park
Market Street Park, known as Lee Park until 2017, and as Emancipation Park from June 2017 to July 2018, is a public park in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Corner and Willoughby.
The Corner
Quarter
Photo: Queerbubbles, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Corner is a seven-block collection of bars, restaurants, bookstores, and night spots on University Avenue in Charlottesville, Virginia, extending from 121⁄2 Street Southwest to Chancellor Street. located across the street from the University of Virginia.
Willoughby
Neighborhood
Willoughby is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
University of Virginia
Village
University of Virginia is a census-designated place in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 7,704. University of Virginia is situated 2 miles northwest of Daughters of Zion Cemetery.
Daughters of Zion Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: historic cemetery in Virginia, United States
- Category: burial
- Location: Charlottesville, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.0269° or 38° 1′ 37″ northLongitude
-78.48435° or 78° 29′ 4″ westOpen location code
87C32GG8+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 659991425OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q15213122
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In Other Languages
“Daughters of Zion Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Hausa: “Kabari na ‘ya’ya mata na Sihiyona”
- Hausa: “Kabari na ’ya’ya mata na Sihiyona”
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