Norris City Cemetery
| Norris City Cemetery | |
|---|---|
 Entrance to Norris City Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | ~1860 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°8′27″N 75°20′7″W / 40.14083°N 75.33528°W |
| Type | Municipal, Historic |
| Style | Rural |
| Owned by | East Norriton Township |
| No. of graves | ~1800 |
| No. of interments | ~2500 |
| Website | Norris City Cemetery |
Norris City Cemetery is located at the corner of Stanbridge Street and Norris City Avenue in East Norriton Township, immediately adjacent to the township's facilities complex. Founded in the early 1860s, the cemetery came under township ownership in the late 1980s[1] after falling into disrepair, and is now maintained as part of East Norriton's parks system.
Its development was part of the so-called Rural Cemetery Movement,[2] and as such was nonsectarian and was not overseen by any specific municipality. Most graves were populated between 1880 and 1920, but the cemetery has remained active since. The cemetery is most ordinary: there are few elaborate graves and only one notable person buried here, Ephraim Acker, a former US Congressional representative.
References
- ^ Scicchitano, Paul (December 30, 1987). "Cemetery May Become Parkland". Philadelphia Inquirer.
- ^ "Landscape Architecture and the "Rural" Cemetery Movement".