About African American Cemetery
African American Cemetery is a cemetery near Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland. It lies about 1.9 mi north of Jefferson. The nearest other listed cemetery is Jefferson Union Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Stauffer Funeral Home in Brunswick, about 4.5 mi away. It is one of 118 cemeteries we list in Frederick County, and 57 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Frederick County dates to 1750. 3 of the 118 listings in Frederick County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jefferson. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.33470, -77.53961
What African American 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
- Jefferson Union CemeteryJefferson, MDCemetery1.9 mi
- Jefferson United Methodist Church CemeteryJefferson, MDMethodist cemetery2.0 mi
- Saint Paul's Episcopal Church CemeteryPoint of Rocks, MDEpiscopal cemetery3.3 mi
- Saint Mark's Apostolic Church CemeteryBrunswick, MDChristian cemetery3.4 mi
- Saint Matthew's CemeteryAdamstown, MDCemetery3.5 mi
- Manor CemeteryAdamstown, MDCemetery3.6 mi
- Point of Rocks Colored CemeteryPoint of Rocks, MDCemetery3.7 mi
- Union Bethel AME CemeteryBrunswick, MDChristian cemetery4.0 mi
- Saint Joseph - On - Carrollton Manor CemeteryAdamstown, MDCemetery4.1 mi
- Park Heights CemeteryBrunswick, MDCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near African American Cemetery
- Stauffer Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Brunswick
- Stauffer Funeral Homes PA4.5 miFuneral home · Brunswick · (301) 834-7000
- John T. Williams Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Brunswick · (301) 834-9971
- Thompson Harman Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · Middletown · (301) 371-6070
- Keeney and Basford Funeral Homes8.9 miFuneral home · Frederick · (301) 662-2175
- Burial Concepts Stacking System9.4 miFuneral home · Frederick · (570) 840-1257
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