Elmwood Cemetery (Columbia, South Carolina)

Elmwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was established in 1854, and expanded in 1921. The older section is heavily wooded and has a section devoted to Confederate dead.[2][3]

Elmwood Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Elmwood Cemetery, Confederate Cemetery Entrance, July 2012
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Location	501 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°0′50″N 81°3′13″W
Area	168.5 acres (68.2 ha)
Built	1854 (1854), 1921
NRHP reference No.	96000984[1]
Added to NRHP	September 6, 1996

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Karen Nickless and Ann Parker Hubbard Cohen (June 1995). "Elmwood Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
3. "Elmwood Cemetery, Richland County (501 Elmwood Ave., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.