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Orangeburg City Cemetery

Coordinates: 33°29′21″N 80°52′15″W / 33.489154°N 80.870756°W / 33.489154; -80.870756
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Orangeburg City Cemetery
Orangeburg City Cemetery is located in South Carolina
Orangeburg City Cemetery
Orangeburg City Cemetery is located in the United States
Orangeburg City Cemetery
LocationJct. of Bull and Windsor Sts., Orangeburg, South Carolina
Coordinates33°29′21″N 80°52′15″W / 33.489154°N 80.870756°W / 33.489154; -80.870756
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1889 (1889)
MPSOrangeburg MRA
NRHP reference No.96001025[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 27, 1996

Orangeburg City Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery located at Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was established in 1889 and is a five-acre tract containing approximately 300 to 350 burial plots. Most burials date from about 1890 to the 1960s.[2][3]

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

Notable burials

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ J. Tracy Power; Andrew Chandler & Geraldyne P. Zimmerman (November 1995). "Orangeburg City Cemetery" (pdf). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  3. ^ "Orangeburg City Cemetery, Orangeburg County (Bull & Windsor Sts., Orangeburg)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
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