Orangeburg City Cemetery

Orangeburg City Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Jct. of Bull and Windsor Sts., Orangeburg, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°29′21″N80°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 No.	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]

Notable burials

• Johnson C. Whittaker (1858–1931), West Point cadet who was expelled, exonerated, and posthumously awarded a US Army officer commission

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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 4, 2014.
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 4, 2014.

External links

• Orangeburg City Cemetery at Find a Grave