About African American Cemetery
African American Cemetery is a methodist cemetery near Sullivans Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. The nearest funeral home we know of is Johnson-Halls Funeral Home in Mt Pleasant, about 2.7 mi away. It is one of 91 cemeteries we list in Charleston County, and 75 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Charleston County dates to 1723. 1 of the 91 listings in Charleston County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sullivans Island. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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32.76508, -79.83713
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
- Sullivan's Island Historic Cemetery406 Patriot Street, Sullivans Island, SCCemetery0.1 mi
- Ocean Grove CemeteryMount Pleasant, SCLutheran cemetery2.3 mi
- Confederate CemeteryMount Pleasant, SCCemetery2.6 mi
- Venning CemeteryMount Pleasant, SCCemetery3.6 mi
- Mount Pleasant Memorial GardensMount Pleasant, SCMemorial park4.2 mi
- Olive Branch CemeteryMount Pleasant, SCMethodist cemetery4.2 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryCharleston, SCCemetery4.8 mi
- Scanlonville CemeteryMount Pleasant, SCCemetery4.9 mi
- Huguenot Church GraveyardCharleston, SCChristian cemetery5.4 mi
- St. Philip's Graveyard142 Church Street, Charleston, SC · est. 1723Episcopal cemetery5.4 mi
Funeral homes near African American Cemetery
- Johnson-Halls Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Mt Pleasant · (843) 884-4252
- McAlister-Smith Funeral & Cremation Mt. Pleasant3.0 miCremation provider · Mount Pleasant · (843) 884-3833
- McAlister-Smith Funeral & Cremation3.1 miCremation provider · Mount Pleasant
- J. Henry Stuhr Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Mt Pleasant · (843) 881-9293
- Fielding Home For Funerals5.8 miFuneral home · Charleston · (843) 722-3348
- W.M Smith-McNeal Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Charleston · (843) 722-3676
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Frequently asked questions
Is African American Cemetery a Methodist cemetery?
Our records list a Methodist affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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