Old White Church Cemetery

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Old White Church Cemetery
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Old White Church Cemetery, September 2014
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LocationJct. of S. Aspen and Church Sts., E corner, Lincolnton, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°28′11″N81°15′21″W / 35.46972°N 81.25583°W / 35.46972; -81.25583 Coordinates: 35°28′11″N81°15′21″W / 35.46972°N 81.25583°W / 35.46972; -81.25583
Arealess than one acre
Built1801 (1801)
MPS Churches and Church-Related Cemeteries in Lincolnton MPS
NRHP reference # 94001459 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 14, 1994

Old White Church Cemetery, also known as Emanuel Church Cemetery, is a historic cemetery and national historic district located at Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was established in 1788, and contains the marked graves of some 265 citizens of Lincolnton, with an even larger number of unmarked graves. The oldest marked grave dates to 1801. The gravestones include notable examples of 19th and early-20th century funerary art. It is the oldest burying ground in the town of Lincolnton. [2]

Cemetery Place of burial

A cemetery or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term graveyard is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard.

Lincolnton, North Carolina City in North Carolina, United States

Lincolnton is a small city in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States, within the Charlotte metropolitan area. The population was 10,683 at the 2010 census. Lincolnton is northwest of Charlotte, on the South Fork of the Catawba River. The junction of State Highway 27 and U.S. Route 321 is located nearby. The city is the county seat of Lincoln County, and is the only legally incorporated municipality wholly within the rural county.

Lincoln County, North Carolina U.S. county in North Carolina, United States

Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 78,265. Its county seat is Lincolnton. Lincoln County is included in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Davyd Foard Hood (July 1994). "Old White Church Cemetery" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.