Orangeburg City Cemetery

Orangeburg City Cemetery
Location Jct. of Bull and Windsor Sts., Orangeburg, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°29′21″N 80°52′15″W / 33.489154°N 80.870756°W / 33.489154; -80.870756Coordinates: 33°29′21″N 80°52′15″W / 33.489154°N 80.870756°W / 33.489154; -80.870756
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built 1889 (1889)
MPS Orangeburg MRA
NRHP Reference # 96001025[1]
Added to NRHP September 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]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  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 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)


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