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Elmwood Cemetery

Memorials : 41
Location : Memphis, Shelby County, USA
Phone : (901) 774-3212
Website : www.elmwoodcemetery.org/
Coordinate : 35.1218987, -90.0291977
Description : Fifty Memphis gentlemen committed $500 each to purchase land and establish a new cemetery 2.5 miles from town in 1852. Originally consisting of 40 acres, it was expanded after the Civil War to 80 acres. In the 1870s the original corporation was dissolved and Elmwood became one of the oldest nonprofits in Tennessee. Since then, Elmwood Cemetery has become the final resting place to over 75,000 inhabitants including mayors, governors, madams, blues singers, suffragists, martyrs, generals, civil rights leaders, holy men and women, outlaws and millionaires. Elmwood was established as part of the Rural Cemetery Movement which swept the nation... Read More

frequently asked questions (FAQ):

  • Where is Elmwood Cemetery?

    Elmwood Cemetery is located at 824 South Dudley Street Memphis, Shelby County ,Tennessee , 38104-6005USA.

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

    36 memorials

  • Where are the coordinates of the Elmwood Cemetery?

    Latitude: 35.1218987
    Longitude: -90.0291977

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