Blackwood-Harwood Plantations Cemetery

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Blackwood-Harwood Plantations Cemetery
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Location Tallahassee, Florida
Coordinates 30°29′13″N84°21′1″W / 30.48694°N 84.35028°W / 30.48694; -84.35028
NRHP reference No. 99000712 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 6, 1999

The Blackwood-Harwood Plantations Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is located northeast of the junction of State Road 263 and I-10. On October 6, 1999, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

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References

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