Union Cemetery

900 blook S. Elm St., Greensboro, North Carolina. County/parish: Guilford.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 21, 1993. NRIS 93001142.

Part of Greensboro MPS (NRIS 64500361).

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • South Elm Street Cemetery

From Wikipedia:

Union Cemetery (Greensboro, North Carolina)

Union Cemetery, also known as South Elm Street Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located at Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina. The cemetery for African-Americans was established in 1882. Union retains 97 gravemarkers with death dates from 1882 to 1940. The majority of the markers date between 1901 and 1917, when the city of Greensboro closed the cemetery.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717967