About City Cemetery
City Cemetery is a municipal cemetery near Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It lies about 0.6 mi southwest of Raleigh. Wikidata records 20 notable people buried here, including Anna J. Cooper, John S. Marmaduke and Lawrence O'Bryan Branch. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oakwood Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the northeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Lightner Funeral Home & Cremations in Raleigh, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 137 cemeteries we list in Wake County, and 59 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 137 listings in Wake County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Raleigh. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at City Cemetery
Among them: 7 US representatives, 3 Civil War veterans, 2 governors, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 journalist, 1 US senator, 1 War of 1812 veteran, 1 writer.
- Anna J. Cooper1858-1964African-American author, educator, speaker and scholar
- John S. Marmaduke1833-188725th governor of Missouri (1833 to 1887)
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch1820-1862American politician
- William Henry Haywood Jr.1801-1852American politician
- Charles Manly1795-1871American politician
- Absalom Tatom1742-1802Politician
- Richard Hines1792-1851American politician
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders1791-1867American politician
- William Henry Hill1767-1809American politician
- Kenneth Rayner1808-1884American politician
- Josiah Ogden Watson1784-1852American politician
- Sion Hart Rogers1825-1874Confederate Army officer
Show all 20 notable burials
- William White1762-1811North Carolina Secretary of State
- Jacob Johnson1778-1812Father of U.S. president Andrew Johnson
- Joseph Gales, Sr.1761-1841American journalist
- Thomas Meredith1795-1850Baptist minister and writer
- William Polk1758-1834American politician and military officer (9 July 1758-14 January 1834)
- Nancy Haywood Branch1817-19037 Dec 1817 - 9 Nov 1903
- Thomas Pollock Devereux1793-186917 Nov. 1793-7 Mar. 1869; North Carolina
- William Augustus Blount1792-1867American landowner and soldier
People whose Wikidata entry gives City 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.
Map
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What City 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
- Oakwood CemeteryRaleigh, NCCemetery0.6 mi
- Historic Oakwood Cemetery and MausoleumRaleigh, NCCemetery0.7 mi
- Raleigh National Cemetery501 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh, NCNational cemetery0.7 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryRaleigh, NCCemetery1.3 mi
- Hillcrest CemeteryRaleigh, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- Dix Hospital CemeteryRaleigh, NCCemetery1.7 mi
- Oberlin CemeteryRaleigh, NCCemetery2.0 mi
- Montlawn Memorial ParkRaleigh, NCMemorial park2.9 mi
- Jones Family CemeteryRaleigh, NCFamily cemetery3.0 mi
- Carolina Biblical GardensGarner, NCCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near City Cemetery
- Lightner Funeral Home & Cremations0.7 miCremation provider · Raleigh · (919) 833-1676
- Steven L. Lyons Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Raleigh · (919) 831-2596
- Bryan-Lee Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Raleigh · (919) 832-8225
- National Cremation Service1.1 miCremation provider · Raleigh · (919) 235-3337
- Brown-Wynne Funeral Home & Crematory1.2 miCremation provider · Raleigh · (919) 828-4311
- Mitchell Funeral Homes and Crematory1.2 miCremation provider · Raleigh · (919) 832-3760
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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- How Much Does a Cemetery Plot Cost?What drives plot prices in the US, typical ranges by cemetery type and region, and the fees that come on top of the plot itself.
- How Much Does a Burial Cost?A line-by-line look at the cost of a traditional burial: plot, opening and closing, vault, casket, marker and funeral home fees.