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]
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| Location | Jct. of Bull and Windsor Sts., Orangeburg, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 33°29′21″N 80°52′15″W / 33.489154°N 80.870756°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1889 |
| MPS | Orangeburg MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 96001025[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 27, 1996 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
Notable burials
edit- Johnson C. Whittaker (1858–1931), West Point cadet who was expelled, exonerated, and posthumously awarded a US Army officer commission
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
