Woodlawn Cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia

Woodlawn Cemetery is a cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia. The grounds sit at about 161 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 17 notable people buried here, including Blanche Bruce, Will Marion Cook and John Mercer Langston. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 528698. The nearest other listed cemetery is Payne Cemetery (historical), about 0.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Stewart Funeral Home 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: 3 journalists, 2 US representatives, 2 writers, 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 musician, 1 physician, 1 US senator.

• Blanche Bruce1841-1898
  American politician
• Will Marion Cook1869-1944
  African American composer and violinist
• John Mercer Langston1829-1897
  American politician
• Richard H. Cain1825-1887
  American politician
• Mary P. Burrill1881-1946
  American playwright
• Roscoe Conkling Bruce1879-1950
  American educator
• Josephine Beall Willson Bruce1853-1923
  American activist
• Daniel Alexander Payne Murray1852-1925
  American librarian and historian
• John Wesley Cromwell1846-1927
  American teacher, lawyer, civil servant, journalist, historian and civil rights activist
• Frederick Douglass Jr.1842-1892
• John M. Brown1817-1893
  African-American bishop
• Rosetta Evelyn Lawson1857-1936
  Educator, religious worker, reformer, club leader, temperance leader

People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodlawn 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.

• Payne Cemetery (historical)

  Benning Road, DC
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• National Capitol Hebrew Cemetery

  4708 Fable Street, Capitol Gateway, DC
  Jewish cemetery

  0.8 mi
• National Capitol Hebrew Cemetery

  4708 Fable Street, Capitol Heights, MD
  Jewish cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery - Kesher Israel

  Capitol Heights, MD
  Jewish cemetery

  0.9 mi
• Cedar Hill Cemetery

  Suitland, MD
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Addison Chapel Cemetery

  Seat Pleasant, MD
  Christian cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Lincoln Memorial Cemetery

  Silver Hill, MD
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Congressional Cemetery

  1801 E Street Southeast, Washington, DC
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Washington National Cemetery

  Suitland-Silver Hill, MD
  National cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Arsenal Monument

  Barracks Row, DC
  Cemetery

  2.2 mi

• Stewart Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 399-3600
  0.7 mi
• Grace Murray Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 505-5300
  1.3 mi
• Dunn & Sons Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 399-0535
  1.3 mi
• Cedar Hill Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Suitland · (224) 467-2864
  1.6 mi
• Tri-state Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 882-1202
  1.7 mi
• Latimore Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Washington · (301) 404-2207
  1.7 mi

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