Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Colmar Manor, Maryland

Fort Lincoln Cemetery is a cemetery near Colmar Manor, Prince George's County, Maryland. The grounds sit at about 79 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 71 notable people buried here, including Charles Greeley Abbot, Hugh Everett III and Dorothy Height. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 597419. The nearest other listed cemetery is Evergreen Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fort Lincoln Funeral Home & Cemetery in Brentwood, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 83 cemeteries we list in Prince George's County, and 116 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Prince George's County dates to 1929. 4 of the 83 listings in Prince George's County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Colmar Manor. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 8 writers, 7 musicians, 7 US representatives, 5 baseball players, 5 scientists, 4 actors, 4 artists, 4 journalists.

• Charles Greeley Abbot1872-1973
  American astrophysicist and the 5th Secretary of the Smithsonian
• Hugh Everett III1930-1982
  US physicist and discoverer of the relative-state interpretation of quantum mechanics
• Dorothy Height1912-2010
  American activist
• Dick Gregory1932-2017
  American comedian, social activist, social critic, writer, and entrepreneur
• Shirley Horn1934-2005
  American singer
• Sonny Stitt1924-1982
  American jazz saxophonist
• Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi1892-1955
  Egyptian poet and physician
• Norvel Lee1924-1992
  American boxer
• Gerald Nye1892-1971
  American politician and antiwar activist
• J. Hamilton Lewis1863-1939
  American politician
• Andrew White1942-2020
  American musician
• Ching Johnson1897-1979
  Canadian ice hockey player

People whose Wikidata entry gives Fort Lincoln 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.

• Evergreen Cemetery

  Bladensburg, MD
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Saint Francis DeSales Cemetery (historical)

  Woodridge, DC
  Cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Mount Olivet Cemetery

  1300 Bladensburg Road Northeast, Washington, DC
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Harmony Cemetery

  Brentwood Village, DC
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Graceland Cemetery (historical)

  Ivy City, DC
  Cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Calvert Family Cemetery

  Riverdale Park, MD
  Family cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Eastern Cemetery

  H Street NE, DC
  Cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Addison Chapel Cemetery

  Seat Pleasant, MD
  Christian cemetery

  3.0 mi
• The Glenwood Cemetery

  2219 Lincoln Road Northeast, Washington, DC
  Cemetery

  3.0 mi
• Woodlawn Cemetery

  4611 Benning Road, Washington, DC
  Cemetery

  3.0 mi

• Fort Lincoln Funeral Home & Cemetery

  Funeral home · Brentwood · (301) 864-5090
  0.4 mi
• Pope Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Cheverly · (202) 583-5400
  1.3 mi
• Latimore Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Washington · (301) 404-2207
  1.5 mi
• John T Rhines Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 529-4300
  1.5 mi
• Whitney’s Life Centers Funeral Home, Mortuary & Cremations

  Mortuary · Washington · (240) 990-9952
  1.5 mi
• Tri-state Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 882-1202
  1.5 mi

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