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An abandoned graveyard, also known as an abandoned cemetery, is a graveyard that is no longer maintained. [1] Graveyards may be abandoned for various reasons. [ 2 ] Some reasons for abandonment of cemeteries include such phenomena as financial difficulty, natural disaster, unpleasant reputation and/or accessibility.
This list of cemeteries in Pennsylvania includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Talbott Cemetery — one of several cemeteries on the list — has some amazing gravestones, including one for David Huston (1814-1884) that's carved to look like a tall remnant of a tree that has ...
The Peaceful Valley Memorial Park is an abandoned cemetery located in Flagstaff, Arizona. Although the exact number of graves is unknown, it is estimated that about 140 bodies are buried there. There are also around 130 unfilled grave plots.
A death certificate for a Father Peter Wiesenhoefer, born in 1872, shows that he was laid to rest at Mount Olivet.The cemetery's records show that although he was originally interred there in 1932 ...
Gravestones at Mount Moor Cemetery in West Nyack Aug. 5, 2024. Mount Moor holds sacred space for national history in Rockland A USA TODAY Network New York database found 23 historically African ...
Black Hills National Cemetery. This list of cemeteries in South Dakota includes notable examples of currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (abandoned or removed) cemeteries, churchyards, columbaria, mausolea, and other formal burial grounds.
The group embarked on a mission in 2020 to conduct 48 gravestone preservation workshops in 48 states in 48 days.