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Colored Asylum Cemetery

Memorials : 501
Location : Columbia, Richland County, USA
Coordinate : 34.0244050, -81.0220490
Description : This cemetery was founded around 1910 for the burial of African-American ("Colored") patients of the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum and was located on the Asylum grounds. It was used until 1922. The property is now owned by the City of Columbia and was developed into a golf driving range, the James Clyburn Golf Center, despite a South Carolina law making it a felony to desecrate grave sites. The Chicora Foundation addresses this cemetery in their January 2001 research paper Dealing with Death: The Use and Loss of Cemeteries by the S.C. State Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. It is available on their... Read More

frequently asked questions (FAQ):

  • Where is Colored Asylum Cemetery?

    Colored Asylum Cemetery is located at Slighs Avenue Columbia, Richland County ,South Carolina ,USA.

  • Colored Asylum Cemetery cemetery's updated grave count on graveviews.com?

    500 memorials

  • Where are the coordinates of the Colored Asylum Cemetery?

    Latitude: 34.0244050
    Longitude: -81.0220490

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