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The City of LaFayette Cemetery is the municipal burial ground of LaFayette, the seat of Walker County, and contains several thousand marked graves. Just inside the main gate lies a Confederate Square, a section set aside for soldiers of the Civil War era. Planted with dogwoods and azaleas that bloom each spring, the grounds have long been a place where townspeople walk as well as mourn.
Lafayette Cemetery is a cemetery in Lafayette, Walker County. It is one of 78 cemeteries documented in Walker County, among 163 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.7073, -85.2764 near Lafayette. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Lynching of Henry White / Racial Injustice in America (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Chattooga Academy - John B. Gordon Hall, The Marsh House, and John B. Gordon Hall.
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 City of LaFayette Cemetery is the municipal burial ground of LaFayette, the seat of Walker County, and contains several thousand marked graves. Just inside the main gate lies a Confederate Square, a section set aside for soldiers of the Civil War era. Planted with dogwoods and azaleas that bloom each spring, the grounds have long been a place where townspeople walk as well as mourn.
Sources: findagrave.com
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