Oakland Cemetery

800 Brownsville St., Trenton, Tennessee. County/parish: Gibson.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 20, 2007. NRIS 07000186.

1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.

Also known as:

  • Silent City of the Dead

From Wikipedia:

Oakland Cemetery (Trenton, Tennessee)

Oakland Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Trenton, Tennessee. Established in the Antebellum era, it includes two Confederate monuments, and a third monument to Trenton Cotton Mills employees. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The smaller Ward cemetery lies at the south-western corner of Oakland cemetery.

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