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Colored Cemetery

Memorials	:	4
Location	:	Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.2755900, -70.1024700
Description	:	This cemetery was originally set aside for burials of African Americans, but also included Wampanoags and persons of Pacific Island Heritage. Today, it is no longer segregated and is a designated historical site. A marker placed at the cemetery in 1997 reads: Historic Cemetery The oldest known burial was in 1798. In 1805 the Nantucket proprietors "voted that the Black People may fence one acre... Read More	This cemetery was originally set aside for burials of African Americans, but also included Wampanoags and persons of Pacific Island Heritage. Today, it is no longer segregated and is a designated historical site. A marker placed at the cemetery in 1997 reads: Historic Cemetery The oldest known burial was in 1798. In 1805 the Nantucket proprietors "voted that the Black People may fence one acre of land where their Burying Place is." In 1807 this place was described as "the Burying Ground that belongs to the Black People or People of Color." Among those who have found their last rest here are members of the Boston, Pompey, Ross, Porte, Grant, Wheeler and Carter families; the families of churchmen Arthur Cooper, James Crawford, and John W. Robinson; and four Civil War veterans.

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Where is Colored Cemetery?
Colored Cemetery is located at off North Mill Street Nantucket, Nantucket County ,Massachusetts ,USA.
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4 memorials
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Latitude: 41.2755900
Longitude: -70.1024700

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1. Saint Mary's Cemetery
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2772255, -70.1063690

2. Prospect Hill Cemetery
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2777596, -70.1064606

3. Nantucket Jewish Cemetery
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2717500, -70.1082200

4. Newtown Cemetery
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2723500, -70.0950500

5. Saint Pauls Memorial Garden
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2820178, -70.0994522

6. Quaker Burial Ground
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2810400, -70.1087600

7. New North Cemetery
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2854700, -70.1089800

8. Old North Cemetery
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2855500, -70.1095600

9. Miacomet Indian Burial Ground
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2619400, -70.0999600

10. Founders Burial Ground
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2863998, -70.1327972

11. Quaise Burial Ground
Nantucket, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2912700, -70.0327200

12. Polpis Cemetery
Polpis, Nantucket County, USA
Coordinate: 41.2965100, -70.0158500

14. Toms Neck Farm Cemetery
Edgartown, Dukes County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3780900, -70.4600200

15. Hilltop Cemetery
Edgartown, Dukes County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3862000, -70.4700800

16. Tower Hill Cemetery
Edgartown, Dukes County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3809600, -70.5112400

18. Old Westside Cemetery
Edgartown, Dukes County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3892200, -70.5182400

19. New Westside Cemetery
Edgartown, Dukes County, USA
Coordinate: 41.3887600, -70.5208200

20. Thatcher Park Beach
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6385600, -70.2168500

21. Farm Neck Cemetery
Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4278800, -70.5709300

22. Baker Family Cemetery
Dennis, Barnstable County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6570500, -70.1565900

23. Sarah Wilbur Gravesite
Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, USA
Coordinate: 41.4156700, -70.5819800