Cedar Hill Cemetery
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Cedar Hill Cemetery

Also known as Erwin Cotton Mill Cemetery , Hickstown Cemetery

Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA

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    Coordinates: 36.01633, -78.94143
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This Abandoned Cemetery is known by 3 names.
Cedar Hill, Hickstown, and Erwin Cotton Mill Cemetery.

It was established in 1893 by Erwin Cotton Mill as a burial place for it's Employee's. and their families. The last burial was in 1975 and contains over 200 graves.

When Erwin Cotton Mills was sold to Burlington Industries,
the responsibility for the cemetery was given to the Knights of the Pythias.

Today this Cemetery is very overgrown. It had been vandalized and many of the stones are now on the ground.










This Abandoned Cemetery is known by 3 names.
Cedar Hill, Hickstown, and Erwin Cotton Mill Cemetery.

It was established in 1893 by Erwin Cotton Mill as a burial place for it's Employee's. and their families. The last burial was in 1975 and contains over 200 graves.

When Erwin Cotton Mills was sold to Burlington Industries,
the responsibility for the cemetery was given to the Knights of the Pythias.

Today this Cemetery is very overgrown. It had been vandalized and many of the stones are now on the ground.










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  • Added: 13 Dec 2007
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2242621