Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia

Rock Creek Cemetery is a church cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia. The grounds sit at about 285 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 434 notable people buried here, including Gore Vidal, Upton Sinclair and Henry Adams. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 528949. The nearest other listed cemetery is United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest mortuary we know of is Universal Mortuary in Washington, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 44 cemeteries we list in District of Columbia, and 123 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in District of Columbia dates to 1852. 14 of the 44 listings in District of Columbia have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 50 writers, 41 journalists, 39 US representatives, 24 scientists, 23 artists, 14 Civil War veterans, 14 physicians, 11 US senators.

• Gore Vidal1925-2012
  American writer
• Upton Sinclair1878-1968
  American writer
• Henry Adams1838-1918
  American journalist, historian, academic, novelist
• Emile Berliner1851-1929
  German-born American inventor
• George McGovern1922-2012
  American historian and politician
• Lyudmila Alexeyeva1927-2018
  Soviet-Russian human rights activist
• Camille Chautemps1885-1963
  French politician
• Charles Doolittle Walcott1850-1927
  American paleontologist and 4th Secretary of the Smithsonian
• Harlan F. Stone1872-1946
  Chief justice of the United States from 1941 to 1946
• Abraham Baldwin1754-1807
  United States politician
• Alice Lee Roosevelt1884-1980
  American writer and socialite
• Robert Prosky1930-2008
  American actor

People whose Wikidata entry gives Rock Creek Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.

• United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery

  21 Harewood Road Northwest, Washington, DC
  National cemetery

  0.3 mi
• The Glenwood Cemetery

  2219 Lincoln Road Northeast, Washington, DC
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Battleground National Cemetery

  6625 Georgia Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC
  National cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Prospect Hill Cemetery

  2201 North Capitol Street Northwest, Washington, DC
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Saint Mary's Cemetery

  2121 Lincoln Road Northeast, Washington, DC
  Catholic cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Harmony Cemetery

  Brentwood Village, DC
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Saint Matthews Catholic Cemetery (historical)

  Columbia Heights, DC
  Catholic cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Saint Patricks Cemetery (historical)

  Bloomingdale, DC
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Young Mens Baptist Cemetery (historical)

  Adams Morgan, DC
  Baptist cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Saint Patricks Catholic Cemetery (historical)

  Bloomingdale, DC
  Catholic cemetery

  2.6 mi

• Universal Mortuary

  Mortuary · Washington · (202) 723-1075
  0.7 mi
• Austin Royster Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 829-9767
  0.7 mi
• Horton's Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Kennedy Street
  0.8 mi
• R.N. Horton's Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 829-9000
  0.8 mi
• Hackett's Funeral Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Washington · (202) 829-0243
  0.8 mi
• Marshall-march Funeral Home Dc

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 723-1250
  0.8 mi

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