Old Chapel Hill Cemetery in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Old Chapel Hill Cemetery is a church cemetery near Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina. It lies about 0.7 mi west of Chapel Hill. It is operated by Town of Chapel Hill. The grounds sit at about 479 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 47 notable people buried here, including Harold Hotelling, Dean Smith and Paul Green. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2798191. The nearest other listed cemetery is Barbee - Hargraves Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Walker's Funeral Home in Chapel Hill, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 40 cemeteries we list in Orange County, and 31 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Orange County dates to 1850. 5 of the 40 listings in Orange County have a phone number or website on record.

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

Among them: 7 scientists, 6 writers, 3 football players, 3 artists, 3 journalists, 2 actors, 2 physicians, 2 World War I veterans.

• Harold Hotelling1895-1973
  American statistician and econometrician
• Dean Smith1931-2015
  American basketball coach
• Paul Green1894-1981
  American playwright
• Frank Porter Graham1886-1972
  Historian and politician
• Georgia Carroll1919-2011
  American singer and actress
• John Nathaniel Couch1896-1986
  American mycologist
• Alma Holland Beers1892-1974
  U.S. botanist
• Charles Kuralt1934-1997
  American journalist, correspondent, news anchor
• Cornelia Phillips Spencer1825-1908
  American journalist
• Francis Preston Venable1856-1934
  American chemist
• Henry Roland Totten1892-1974
  American botanist
• Robert Ervin Coker1876-1967
  American zoologist

People whose Wikidata entry gives Old Chapel 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.

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.

• Barbee - Hargraves Cemetery

  Chapel Hill, NC
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• West Chapel Hill Cemetery

  Chapel Hill, NC
  Church cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Yancey Family Cemetery

  Carrboro, NC
  Family cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Westwood Cemetery

  Carrboro, NC
  Cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Sparrows Cemetery

  Chapel Hill, NC
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Weaver Family Cemetery

  Carrboro, NC
  Family cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Partin Family Cemetery

  Chapel Hill, NC
  Family cemetery

  2.5 mi
• McCauley Cemetery

  Carrboro, NC
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery

  Chapel Hill, NC
  Church cemetery

  2.8 mi
• McFarling (McFarland) Family Cemetery

  Chapel Hill, NC
  Family cemetery

  2.8 mi

• Walker's Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chapel Hill · (919) 942-3861
  0.7 mi
• Jones Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chapel Hill · (919) 967-3288
  1.1 mi
• Knotts Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chapel Hill · (919) 968-7780
  1.1 mi
• Fisher Memorial Funeral Parlor

  Funeral home · Durham · (919) 682-3276
  8.3 mi
• Durham Marble Works

  Monument dealer · Durham · (919) 489-2134
  8.9 mi
• Holloway Memorial Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Durham · (919) 598-8496
  9.1 mi

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