About Old City Cemetery
Old City Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. The grounds sit at about 157 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including James Westcott, Thomas Brown and David Lang. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 306148. The nearest funeral home we know of is The Richardson Group Funerals & Cremations Inc in Tallahassee, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 141 cemeteries we list in Leon County, and 89 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Leon County dates to 1902. 110 of the 141 listings in Leon County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Tallahassee. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Old City Cemetery
Among them: 3 Civil War veterans, 1 governor, 1 US senator, 1 War of 1812 veteran.
- James Westcott1802-1880American politician
- Thomas Brown1785-1867American politician who served as Florida's second Governor
- David Lang1838-1917American politician, Confederate States Army officer during the Civil War
- Edmund C. Weeks1829-1907American politician
- James Tillinghast Archer1819-1859American lawyer, politician
- James Westcott, Jr.1839-1887American judge
- Hugh Archer1796-1858American politician
- Gilbert Dixon Crafts1831-1883United States military officer
- William N. Sheats1851-1922American educator and politician
- John Pope DuVal1790-1854American lawyer
- Peres Bonney Brokaw1814-1875
- Samuel Kelsey Nelson1787-1827American Presbyterian minister
People whose Wikidata entry gives Old City 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.
Map
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What Old City Cemetery offers
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.
Nearby cemeteries
- Saint John's Episcopal Church Cemetery325 West Call Street, Tallahassee, FLEpiscopal cemetery0.1 mi
- Oakland Cemetery400 West Brevard Street, Tallahassee, FL · est. 1902Church cemetery0.6 mi
- Tallahassee Memory GardensTallahassee, FLCemetery0.7 mi
- Call Family CemeteryTallahassee, FLFamily cemetery0.7 mi
- Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church ColumbariumTallahassee, FLCatholic cemetery1.0 mi
- Greenwood Cemetery1601 Old Bainbridge Road, Tallahassee, FL · est. 1937Church cemetery1.3 mi
- Plantation Cemetery at Betton HillsTallahassee, FLCemetery2.0 mi
- Faith Presbyterian Church ColumbariumTallahassee, FLPresbyterian cemetery2.2 mi
- Williams-Crews CemeteryTallahassee, FLCemetery2.6 mi
- Roselawn Cemetery843 Piedmont Drive, Tallahassee, FLChurch cemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Old City Cemetery
- The Richardson Group Funerals & Cremations Inc0.3 miFuneral home · Tallahassee · (850) 576-4144
- Strong & Jones Funeral Home Inc0.5 miFuneral home · Tallahassee · (850) 224-2139
- Lifesong Funerals & Cremations1.0 miFuneral home · Tallahassee · (850) 765-3190
- Richardson's Family Funeral Care2.0 miFuneral home · Tallahassee · (850) 576-4144
- Florida Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association2.0 miCremation provider · Tallahassee · (800) 226-3332
- The Richardson Group Funerals & Cremations Inc2.1 miFuneral home · Tallahassee · (850) 576-4144
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