The list of African American cemeteries includes both active and historic sites. The list is for notable African American cemeteries, and is not an attempt to list all the African American cemeteries in the United States. The listed may include large cemeteries that contain only portions of an African American burials, and former plantations and/or houses with African American cemeteries.
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Alabama
Forks of Cypress Cemetery near Florence, Alabama; NRHP-listed Glenwood Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama Mount Nebo Cemetery near Carlton, Alabama; contains Isaac Nettles Gravestones; NRHP-listed With
Arkansas
Bean Cemetery in Lincoln, Arkansas Belding-Gaines Cemetery in Garland County, Arkansas; NRHP-listed Bold Pilgrim Cemetery near Morrilton, Arkansas; NRHP-listed Forrest City Cemetery in Forrest City, Arkansas; NRHP-listed Hampton Springs Cemetery near Carthage, Arkansas; NRHP-listed Harden Family Cemetery near Jennie, Arkansas; NRHP-listed Mount Olive-Bedford Chapel Cemetery near Mount Vernon, Arkansas; NRHP-listed New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Lake Village, Arkansas; NRHP-listed Oakland-Fraternal Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas; NRHP-listed Scott Bond Family Plot in Madison, Arkansas; NRHP-listed Scott Cemetery in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas; NRHP-listed
Connecticut
Judea Cemetery in Washington, Connecticut Old Center Burying Yard in West Hartford, Connecticut; NRHP-listed
Delaware
Mount Olive Cemetery in Wilmington, Delaware
Florida
African Cemetery at Higgs Beach in Key West, Florida Evergreen Cemetery in Bartow, Florida Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Miami, Floria Greenwood Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida Lincoln Memorial Park in Miami, Floria North Greenwood Cemetery in Clearwater, Florida North Woodlawn Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Tiger Flowers Cemetery in Lakeland, Florida Tolomato Cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida Westview Community Cemetery in Pompano Beach, Florida
Georgia (state)
Basket Creek Cemetery near Douglasville, Georgia Behavior Cemetery near Hog Hammock, Georgia Black Pioneers Cemetery, Euharlee in Euharlee, Georgia Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery in Athens, Georgia Jackson Street Cemetery in Athens, Georgia Lott Cemetery in Waycross, Georgia Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia South-View Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia Utoy Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia
Illinois
African American Cemetery in New Philadelphia, Illinois Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois Lincoln Cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois
Iowa
South Jordan Cemetery near Moorhead, Iowa; NRHP-listed
Kentucky
African Cemetery No. 2 in Lexington, Kentucky
Louisiana
Freedmen's Cemetery in Chalmette, Louisiana Girod Street Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana St. Augustine Catholic Church and Cemetery in Natchez, Louisiana Saint Louis Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana Shrewsbury (Camp Parapet) Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana
Maryland
Laboring Sons Memorial Grounds in Frederick, Maryland Laurel Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland Lincoln Memorial Cemetery in Suitland, Maryland Mount Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland Mount Gilboa Chapel in Oella, Maryland; around 24 graves Watkins Slave Cemetery in Davidsonville, Maryland
Massachusetts
Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts Prince Hall Mystic Cemetery in Arlington, Massachusetts Rumney Marsh Burying Ground in Revere, Massachusetts
Michigan
Morgan West Wheatland Cemetery in Wheatland Township, Michigan
Mississippi
Beulah Cemetery in Vicksburg, Mississippi Mount Olive Cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi Odd Fellows Cemetery in Starkville, Mississippi Sandfield Cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi
Missouri
Berry Cemetery near Ash Grove, Missouri Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Missouri Father Dickson Cemetery in Crestwood, Missouri Greenwood Cemetery in Hillsdale, Missouri Quinette Cemetery in Kirkwood, Missouri Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site in Saline County, Missouri Washington Park Cemetery in Berkeley, Missouri
New Hampshire
Portsmouth African Burying Ground in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; now a memorial park
New Jersey
Gethsemane Cemetery in Little Ferry, New Jersey; NRHP-listed Lamington Black Cemetery in Lamington, New Jersey; part of the Lamington Historic District Mount Zion Cemetery in Woolwich Township, New Jersey; NRHP-listed and NJRHP-listed
New York (state)
North Carolina
Ohio
African Jackson Cemetery in Miami County, Ohio; NRHP-listed Hillsboro Cemetery in Hillsboro, Ohio Union Baptist Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio; NRHP-listed United American Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio
Oklahoma
Gower Cemetery in Edmond, Oklahoma; NRHP-listed St. Paul Baptist Church and Cemetery near Meeker, Oklahoma; NRHP-listed
Oregon
Mt. Union Cemetery in Philomath, Oregon
Pennsylvania
Bethel Burial Ground in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; NRHP-listed Eden Cemetery in Collingdale, Pennsylvania Lebanon Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lincoln Cemetery in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Little Jerusalem AME Church in Cornwells Heights, Pennsylvania; NRHP-listed, contains a civil war-era cemetery Slate Hill Cemetery in Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania; NRHP-listed
Rhode Island
Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island; NRHP-listed
South Carolina
Aiken Colored Cemetery in Aiken, South Carolina Anson Street African Burial Ground in Charleston, South Carolina Darlington Memorial Cemetery in Darlington, South Carolina; NRHP-listed King Cemetery near Adams Run, South Carolina; NRHP-listed Old Pilgrim Baptist Church Cemetery and Kilgore Family Cemetery near Five Forks, South Carolina; NRHP-listed Orangeburg City Cemetery in Orangeburg, South Carolina; NRHP-listed Randolph Cemetery in Columbia, South Carolina; NRHP-listed Remley Point Cemetery in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; NRHP-listed Richland Cemetery in Greenville, South Carolina; NRHP-listed
Tennessee
Evergreen Cemetery in Murfreesboro, Tennessee Freedmen's Mission Historic Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee; on the campus of Knoxville College Greenwood Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee Mount Ararat Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee Nashville City Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee; NRHP-listed Oakland Cemetery in Trenton, Tennessee; NRHP-listed Rest Hill Cemetery in Lebanon, Tennessee; NRHP-listed Toussaint L'Ouverture County Cemetery in Franklin, Tennessee; NRHP-listed
Texas
Freedman's Cemetery in Dallas, Texas Greenwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas Humble Negro Cemetery in Humble, Texas Olivewood Cemetery in Houston, Texas Round Rock Cemetery in Round Rock, Texas
Virginia
African American Burial Ground in Ashburn, Virginia Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia Barton Heights Cemeteries in Richmond, Virginia; NRHP-listed and VLR-listed, six contiguous historic African-American cemeteries Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia; NRHP-listed and VLR-listed Daughters of Zion Cemetery in Charlottesville, Virginia; NRHP-listed and VLR-listed East End Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia Evergreen Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia Hickory Hill Slave and African American Cemetery in Ashland, Virginia; NRHP-listed and VLR-listed, former plantation site Hunting Quarter near Sussex Court House, Virginia; NRHP-listed and VLR-listed, former plantation site Laurel Grove Colored School and Church in Franconia, Virginia; former African American church with cemetery Monticello Cemetery near Charlottesville, Virginia; NRHP-listed, NHL-listed, and VLR-listed, former plantation site Mount Vernon near Alexandria, Virginia; NRHP-listed, NHL-listed, and VLR-listed, former plantation site Newtown Cemetery in Harrisonburg, Virginia; NRHP-listed Old City Cemetery in Lynchburg, Virginia; NRHP-listed and VLR-listed People's Memorial Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia; NRHP-listed and VLR-listed Reynolds Homestead in Critz, Virginia; NRHP-listed, NHL-listed, and VLR-listed, former plantation site Roseville Plantation in Aylett, Virginia; NRHP-listed and VLR-listed, former plantation site Sharswood Plantation in Gretna, Virginia; former plantation site Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground in Richmond, Virginia Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground in Richmond, Virginia Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District in Richmond, Virginia; NRHP-listed and VLR-listed The Richmond Baptist Church and Burying Ground in Richmond, Virginia West Point Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia Woodland Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Columbian Harmony Cemetery Graceland Cemetery Mount Zion Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery
West Virginia
Bethel Memorial Park Cemetery in Huntington, West Virginia; NRHP-listed James W. Hoge House in Winfield, West Virginia; NRHP-listed, former house Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia Wright-Hunter Cemetery in Beckley, West Virginia; NRHP-listed, family burial ground
See also List of cemeteries in the United States List of rural cemeteries in the United States United States National Cemetery System African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act
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