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Chapel Hill Cemetery lies just outside Douglasville in Douglas County and began as the burial ground of New Hope Baptist Church, whose name it originally carried before being changed to Chapel Hill. Several hundred burials are documented at the site, making it one of the more substantial community cemeteries in the area. Its rows of graves preserve generations of local families connected to the old New Hope congregation.
Chapel Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in Douglasville, Douglas County. It is one of 12 cemeteries documented in Douglas County, among 22 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.6852, -84.7165 near Douglasville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Holly Springs Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include McKoy Cemetery, Boyd Slave Cemetery, and Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Chapel Hill Cemetery lies just outside Douglasville in Douglas County and began as the burial ground of New Hope Baptist Church, whose name it originally carried before being changed to Chapel Hill. Several hundred burials are documented at the site, making it one of the more substantial community cemeteries in the area. Its rows of graves preserve generations of local families connected to the old New Hope congregation.
Sources: findagrave.com
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