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The Hopkins-Crescent Baptist Cemetery traces its beginnings to an 1804 gift of land from Francis Hopkins, who set aside ground to bury family members and soldiers and gave the surrounding acres to the wider community. The burial ground lies behind Crescent Baptist Church in the Crescent community. Over the generations it has grown into a public cemetery of several hundred graves.
Hopkins Cemetery is a cemetery in Crescent, Mcintosh County. It is one of 33 cemeteries documented in Mcintosh County, among 89 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.5199, -81.3629 near Crescent. The nearest cataloged historic site is Belleville Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Baisden's Bluff Academy, Troup Cemetery, and Old Belleville or Troup 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.
The Hopkins-Crescent Baptist Cemetery traces its beginnings to an 1804 gift of land from Francis Hopkins, who set aside ground to bury family members and soldiers and gave the surrounding acres to the wider community. The burial ground lies behind Crescent Baptist Church in the Crescent community. Over the generations it has grown into a public cemetery of several hundred graves.
Sources: findagrave.com
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