About Cedar Hill Cemetery
Cedar Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland. It lies about 1.2 mi southeast of Suitland. The grounds sit at about 282 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 37 notable people buried here, including George Sutherland, Thomas Sterling and James Eli Watson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 597203. The nearest other listed cemetery is Washington National Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Cedar Hill Funeral Home in Suitland, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 83 cemeteries we list in Prince George's County, and 120 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, Suitland. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery
Among them: 9 US representatives, 6 US senators, 2 artists, 2 journalists, 2 writers, 1 business leader, 1 musician, 1 scientist.
- George Sutherland1862-1942Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, United States Senator, member of the United States House of Representatives
- Thomas Sterling1851-1930American politician
- James Eli Watson1864-1948American politician, Indiana (Republican)
- Jonathan Bourne Jr.1855-1940American politician
- Charles W. Waterman1861-1932American politician
- Franklin Wheeler Mondell1860-1939American politician
- John F. Nugent1868-1931American politician
- Eugene Black1879-1975American politician
- Nellie Gray1924-2012American lawyer and anti-abortion activist
- Stephen Warfield Gambrill1873-1938American politician
- Edward Keating1875-1965American politician
- Fred Lewis Crawford1888-1957American politician
Show all 37 notable burials
- Edward D. Hays1872-1941American politician
- Thomas Sutler Williams1872-1940American politician
- Atalie Unkalunt1895-1954Cherokee singer, activist, and designer
- Charles Arthur Moser1935-2006American literary critic and political activist
- Rankin Barbee1874-1958American writer
- George Frederick Zook1885-1951American educator
- Frank Morrison1859-1949(1859-1949) Canadian-American trade unionist
- John J. Pelley1878-1946American railroad executive
- Anna Lalor Burdick1869-1944American educator
- Clyde L. Seavey1874-1943American federal power commissioner
- Dolly Gann1863-1953Political hostess
- Hugh L. Kerwin1873-1937American government administrator
- Ralph J. Totten1877-1949American diplomat
- Thomas E. Stone1869-1959American civil servant
- William Hugh Johnston1874-19371874-1937 , labor leader
- Earl James McGrath1902-1993American academic administrator
- Edward Everett Gann1880-1936American lawyer
- Wife of Senator Harry B. Hawes
- John W. Cronin1905-1983American librarian
- Parry Borgstrom1890-1961Chemist
- Pearl Potter Etz1875-1963American artist
- Rosamond Sutherland1865-1946Wife of US Senator George Sutherland
- Sarah Caroline Foust1916-1976Botanical collector
- Stephania Diachok1914-2005Ukrainian émigrée to the United States (1914-2005), mother of Darian Diachok
- Theodosius Diachok1912-2001Ukrainian émigré to the United States (1912-2001), father of Darian Diachok
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cedar Hill 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.
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What Cedar Hill 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
- Washington National CemeterySuitland-Silver Hill, MDNational cemetery0.4 mi
- Lincoln Memorial CemeterySilver Hill, MDCemetery0.5 mi
- National Capitol Hebrew Cemetery4708 Fable Street, Capitol Heights, MDJewish cemetery1.7 mi
- National Capitol Hebrew Cemetery4708 Fable Street, Capitol Gateway, DCJewish cemetery1.7 mi
- Payne Cemetery (historical)Benning Road, DCCemetery1.8 mi
- Woodlawn Cemetery4611 Benning Road, Washington, DCCemetery1.8 mi
- Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery - Kesher IsraelCapitol Heights, MDJewish cemetery1.8 mi
- Rosewood CemeteryAnacostia, DCCemetery2.1 mi
- Rosemont Cemetery (historical)Anacostia, DCCemetery2.1 mi
- Ohev Shalom CemeteryWashington, DCJewish cemetery2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Cedar Hill Cemetery
- Cedar Hill Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Suitland · (224) 467-2864
- Marshall-March Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Suitland · (301) 736-1616
- Hodges & Edwards Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Hillcrest Heights · (301) 899-0687
- Pope Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · District Heights · (301) 568-4100
- Mc Laughlin Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Washington · (202) 889-7111
- Global Funeral Services LLC1.9 miFuneral home · Washington · (240) 723-4597
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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