Magnolia Cemetery (Greenwood, South Carolina)

	Magnolia Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Magnolia Cemetery
Location	416 Magnolia Ave., Greenwood, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°11′27″N 82°9′16″W / 34.19083°N 82.15444°W
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
NRHP reference No.	04000590
Added to NRHP	June 09, 2004

Magnolia Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina. It was established in 1871, and is laid out in a regular grid plan. It contains approximately 1,600 to 1,800 graves. Grave markers are primarily granite or marble tablets, obelisks, square, or stepped monuments capped with urns. There also are several Confederate grave markers, some of which still feature cast iron Maltese crosses. A Gothic-influenced granite shelter was added in 1922.^[2]^[3]

The cemetery was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1]

Notable interments

David Wyatt Aiken (1828–1887), Civil War Confederate Army officer, US Congressman

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Lewis, Heather (October 1, 2003). "Magnolia Cemetery" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
^ "Magnolia Cemetery, Greenwood County (416 Magnolia Ave., Greenwood)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

External links

Magnolia Cemetery at Find A Grave

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] Lewis, Heather (October 1, 2003). "Magnolia Cemetery" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

[scdah-3] "Magnolia Cemetery, Greenwood County (416 Magnolia Ave., Greenwood)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 14 July 2012.

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