Woodland Cemetery (Q8032818)

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Woodland Cemetery is a historically African American cemetery in Northeast Richmond, Virginia located directly east of the Highland Park neighborhood. Opening in 1916, it was built as a resting place for the Black elite of Richmond. Woodland was laid out in the shape of an arrowhead pointing north to symbolize the way enslaved blacks once looked north to freedom.

Wikidata location: 37.5504, -77.4125 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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way: Woodland Cemetery (OSM), 0.84 miles from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Woodland Cemetery
landuse: cemetery
wikidata: Q8032818
gnis:feature_id: 1476943

wikidata match: Q8032818

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cemetery (Q39614) amenity=grave_yard, landuse=cemetery

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African-American cemeteries in Virginia amenity=grave_yard, landuse=cemetery
Cemeteries established in the 1910s amenity=grave_yard, landuse=cemetery
Cemeteries in Richmond, Virginia amenity=grave_yard, landuse=cemetery