Elmwood Cemetery
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Elmwood Cemetery

Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina, USA

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  • Get directions Breckenridge Street
    Henderson, North Carolina, USA
    Coordinates: 36.33376, -78.41055
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Entrance to the cemetery is at the end of Breckenridge Street.

The city's Department of Public Works (900 S. Beckford Dr., ph: 252-431-6115) maintains the premises and the records.

Now operated by the City of Henderson, Elmwood Cemetery was begun in 1879 by a group of men who first met at the drug store of J. R. Young & Co. to form the Henderson Cemetery Association. Capital stock was set at $5,000, later increased to $6,000. A Potter's Field was designated for burial of the poor, with other lots sold at public auction. Records show the earliest individual plots sold for $5.

Although Elmwood's first burials date from the fall of 1879, monuments with earlier dates are found on graves relocated to Elmwood at various times over the years from private burial grounds.

Buried in Elmwood's "Confederate Square" are those old soldiers who had no private burial plots of their own. These are actual graves, not cenotaphs.







Entrance to the cemetery is at the end of Breckenridge Street.

The city's Department of Public Works (900 S. Beckford Dr., ph: 252-431-6115) maintains the premises and the records.

Now operated by the City of Henderson, Elmwood Cemetery was begun in 1879 by a group of men who first met at the drug store of J. R. Young & Co. to form the Henderson Cemetery Association. Capital stock was set at $5,000, later increased to $6,000. A Potter's Field was designated for burial of the poor, with other lots sold at public auction. Records show the earliest individual plots sold for $5.

Although Elmwood's first burials date from the fall of 1879, monuments with earlier dates are found on graves relocated to Elmwood at various times over the years from private burial grounds.

Buried in Elmwood's "Confederate Square" are those old soldiers who had no private burial plots of their own. These are actual graves, not cenotaphs.







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  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 47317