Cedar Grove Cemetery is one of Augusta's historic public burial grounds, located just off Watkins Street beside the older Magnolia Cemetery on the city's east side. With well over forty thousand recorded interments, it has long served the community and holds many of Augusta's African American residents. Among those buried here is Judson W. Lyons, a noted social reformer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Cedar Grove Cemetery
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Cedar Grove Cemetery is a cemetery in Augusta, Richmond County. It is one of 60 cemeteries documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.4629, -81.9531 near Augusta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Magnolia Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include De L Aigle Brick Yard, De Laigle Brick Yards, and Magnolia 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.
Cedar Grove Cemetery is one of Augusta's historic public burial grounds, located just off Watkins Street beside the older Magnolia Cemetery on the city's east side. With well over forty thousand recorded interments, it has long served the community and holds many of Augusta's African American residents. Among those buried here is Judson W. Lyons, a noted social reformer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Sources: findagrave.com
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