Locust Grove Cemetery
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial ground for slaves and free blacks since the early 19th century and site of Shippensburg's first African American church. It was the only public cemetery open to African Americans in the area until the late 20th century. A number of veterans, including at least twenty-six Civil War soldiers are buried in this historic cemetery. (Source: PA Historical Marker)
The cemetery is L-shaped and surrounded by a fence. Older stones tend to be near the entrance gate on N. Queen St. More recent stones are concentrated in the back arm of the cemetery that hooks to the south. The sparse stones in older part of the cemetery give the impression that many people are buried here whose graves are no longer marked.
Burial ground for slaves and free blacks since the early 19th century and site of Shippensburg's first African American church. It was the only public cemetery open to African Americans in the area until the late 20th century. A number of veterans, including at least twenty-six Civil War soldiers are buried in this historic cemetery. (Source: PA Historical Marker)
The cemetery is L-shaped and surrounded by a fence. Older stones tend to be near the entrance gate on N. Queen St. More recent stones are concentrated in the back arm of the cemetery that hooks to the south. The sparse stones in older part of the cemetery give the impression that many people are buried here whose graves are no longer marked.
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Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Total memorials52
- Percent photographed19%
- Percent with GPS0%
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Total memorials102
- Percent photographed84%
- Percent with GPS21%
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Total memorials28
- Percent photographed86%
- Percent with GPS0%
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Total memorials9
- Percent photographed0%
- Added: 24 Oct 2008
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2280541
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