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Regarded as the oldest continuously maintained cemetery in Floyd County, Shannon Cemetery near Rome traces its earliest section to about 1781. It is divided into a historically white southern section and a Black northern section established in the nineteenth century, with grave markers ranging from rough fieldstones to decoratively carved marble monuments and later granite headstones. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
Shannon Cemetery is a cemetery in Rome, Floyd County. It is one of 99 cemeteries documented in Floyd County, among 160 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.3313, -85.0768 near Rome. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hermitage (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Gaines - Watters Cemetery, Rush Cemetery, and Rush Chapel 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.
Regarded as the oldest continuously maintained cemetery in Floyd County, Shannon Cemetery near Rome traces its earliest section to about 1781. It is divided into a historically white southern section and a Black northern section established in the nineteenth century, with grave markers ranging from rough fieldstones to decoratively carved marble monuments and later granite headstones. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgen.wikipedia.org
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