African American Cemeteries  by state, by location and by name

We honor our ancestors and their final resting place. These historic fields carry many rich stories of a proud people and their honorable contributions to American history.  

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State

Location

Cemetery

Est

Street/Crossroads

Notes

Alabama

Birmingham

George Washington Carver Memorial Gardens

 

 

 

Alabama

Clayton

Cedar Grove Cemetery

 

 

 

Alabama

Dallas County

New Shiloh Baptist Church

 

 

 

Alabama

Dallas County

Sandridge Cemetery

 

 

 

Alabama

Lamar County

Wells Family Cemetery

 

 

 

Alabama

Linden, Marengo County

Cedar Grove Cemetery (Sidonsville Plantation)

 

 

 

Alabama

Selma

Dallas County Lincoln Cemetery

 

 

 

Alabama

Selma

Elmwood Cemetery

 

 

 

Alabama

Talladega

Lane Chapel Cemetery

 

 

 

Alabama

Talladega

Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery

 

 

 

Arkansas

Clark County

Bethlehem African-American Cemetery 

 

 

 

Arkansas

Clark County

Sandy Community African-American Cemetery

 

 

 

Arkansas

Clark County

Arkadelphia African American Cemetery

 

 

 

Arkansas

Crawford County

Crown Hill Cemetery

 

 

 

Arkansas

Little River County

New Hope Cemetery

 

 

 

Arkansas

Nevada County

Forest Hill Cemetery 

 

 

 

Arkansas

Ouachita County

Good Hope Cemetery

 

 

 

Arkansas

Burns

Shady Grove Cemetery

 

 

 

Arkansas

Stephen

Macedonia Cemetery

 

 

 

Delaware

Delaware City

African Union Cemetery

 

 

 

Delaware

Delaware City

Friends of the African Union Cemetery

 

 

 

District of Columbia Washington Blue Plains 1870s    

District of Columbia

Washington

Female Union Band

1842

 

Inactive/Black/A portion of Methodist of Georgetown

District of Columbia

Washington

Mount Pleasant Plains

1876

 

Inactive/relocated black cemeteries

District of Columbia

Washington

Mount Zion

1879

 

A portion of Methodist of Georgetown

District of Columbia

Washington

Peoples Congregational

1978

 

Active/Church interred and scattered remains.

District of Columbia

Washington

Union Burial Society

1868

 

Inactive/Public cemetery

District of Columbia

Washington

Woodlawn

1895

 

Inactive/Public cemetery

Florida

Brevard County

Hilltop Cemetery (Cocoa Black Cemetery)

 

 

 

Georgia

Atlanta

Oakland Cemetery - Black Section

 

 

 

Georgia

Savannah

Laurel Grove Cemetery

 

 

 

Georgia

Sumter County

Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

 

 

 

Georgia

Calhoun

Colbert Cemetery

 

 

 

Georgia

Carters

Carter Plantation Negro Cemetery

 

 

 

Georgia

Red Bud, Gordon County

Campground Cemetery

 

 

 

Georgia

Red Bud, Gordon County

Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery

 

 

 

Georgia

Dublin, Laurens County

Hatoff Cemetery

 

 

 

Georgia

Savannah

Laurel Grove Cemetery

 

 

 

Illinois

Chicago

Burr Oak Cemetery

 

 

 

Illinois

Saline,

County Lakeview Cemetery

 

 

 

Louisiana

Belcher

St. Paul Cemetery

 

 

 

Louisiana

Belcher

Green Cemetery

 

 

 

Louisiana

Calcasieu Parish,

Edgerly Cemetery

 

 

 

Louisiana

Calcasieu Parish,

Stark Cemetery

 

 

 

Louisiana

Natchez, Calcasieu Parish

Morningstar Baptist Church Cemetery

 

 

 

Louisiana

Union, 

Parish Negro Cemetery at Farmerville 

 

 

 

Maryland

Baltimore

Mt. Auburn Cemetery

 

 

 

Maryland

 

National Harmony Memorial Park

1959

 

Active/Public/also remains of several black DC cemeteries

Massachusetts

Arlington

Prince Hall Mystic Cemetery

 

 

 

Massachusetts

Amherst

West Cemetery

 

 

 

Mississippi

Noxubee, County

Mohican Cemetery

 

 

 

Mississippi

Southaven,

Phoenix AME Church Cemetery

 

 

 

North Carolina

Asheville,

South Asheville Cemetery (St. John A. Baptist Church)

 

 

 

North Carolina

Haywood County

Dix Hills Cemetery

 

 

 

North Carolina

Wilson,

Rest Haven Cemetery

 

 

 

North Carolina

Wake Forest

Slave Cemetery

 

 

 

Oklahoma

Boynton,

Cain Creek Cemetery

 

 

 

Oklahoma

Boynton,

Lee Cemetery

 

 

 

Pennsylvania

Harrisburg

William Howard Day Cemetery

 

 

 

Rhode Island

Newport

Common Burial Ground

 

 

 

Texas

Brazos County

Weaver Cemetery

 

 

 

Texas

Double Bayou

Martha Godfrey Cemetery

 

 

 

Texas

Harrison County

Friendship Cemetery

 

 

 

Texas

Houston

College Park Memorial Cemetery

 

 

 

Texas

Waco

Chapel Hill Cemetery

 

 

 

Texas

Zavalla County

Boykin Springs Cemetery

 

 

 

Virginia

Danville

Oak Hill Cemetery

 

 

 

Virginia

Arlington

Arlington National Cemetery, Section 27