About Freedmen's Cemetery
Freedmen's Cemetery is a cemetery near Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. It lies about 1.3 mi east of Chalmette. The grounds sit at about 3 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2774710. The nearest other listed cemetery is Chalmette National Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is St Bernard Memorial Funeral Home in Chalmette, about 1.8 mi away. It is one of 6 cemeteries we list in St. Bernard Parish, and 62 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chalmette. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
29.94273, -89.98791
What Freedmen's 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
- Chalmette National CemeteryChalmette, LANational cemetery0.1 mi
- Eureka Lodge CemeteryChalmette, LACemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Bernard Memorial GardensChalmette, LAMemorial park1.8 mi
- Ellen CemeteryChalmette, LACemetery1.8 mi
- Our Lady of the Holy Cross Mausoleum CemeteryTerrytown, LACemetery2.1 mi
- Firemens CemeteryNew Orleans, LACemetery3.0 mi
- McDonoghville CemeteryGretna, LACemetery3.6 mi
- Saint Vincent De Paul CemeteryNew Orleans, LACemetery3.7 mi
- Oliver CemeteryNew Orleans, LACemetery3.7 mi
- Saint Mary CemeteryNew Orleans, LACemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Freedmen's Cemetery
- St Bernard Memorial Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Chalmette · (504) 279-6376
- Heritage Funeral Directors3.2 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 944-5500
- Mothe Funeral Homes3.7 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 366-4343
- Rhodes Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · Gretna · (504) 367-0621
- Davis Mortuary Services Inc3.8 miMortuary · Gretna · (504) 361-8649
- Murray Henderson Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · New Orleans · (504) 366-4597
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