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Holly Grove Cemetery lies along State Highway 18 in Monroe County, near where Route 18 meets Highway 87. It grew up around Holly Grove Baptist Church, a congregation established around 1828 whose large white clapboard building also served the community as a schoolhouse teaching grades one through eight. The church itself is long gone, but the burial ground remains and has been cleared for easier access in recent years.
Holly Grove Cemetery is a cemetery in Forsyth, Monroe County. It is one of 67 cemeteries documented in Monroe County, among 87 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.0281, -83.7954 near Forsyth. The nearest cataloged historic site is Saint Peters Rock Cemetery (cemetery), about 2.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Salem Cemetery, Dames Ferry, and Ebenezer 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.
Holly Grove Cemetery lies along State Highway 18 in Monroe County, near where Route 18 meets Highway 87. It grew up around Holly Grove Baptist Church, a congregation established around 1828 whose large white clapboard building also served the community as a schoolhouse teaching grades one through eight. The church itself is long gone, but the burial ground remains and has been cleared for easier access in recent years.
Sources: findagrave.com
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