About Columbia Gardens Cemetery
Columbia Gardens Cemetery is a cemetery near Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia. The grounds sit at about 246 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 36 notable people buried here, including Jerome Karle, Robert Byrd and Elizabeth Magie. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1465123. The nearest other listed cemetery is Shelley Graveyard (historical), about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Murphy Funeral Homes in Arlington, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 35 cemeteries we list in Arlington County, and 159 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 35 listings in Arlington County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Arlington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Columbia Gardens Cemetery
Among them: 5 artists, 5 scientists, 3 US representatives, 3 writers, 2 musicians, 2 US senators, 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 baseball player.
- Jerome Karle1918-2013American physical chemist
- Robert Byrd1917-2010American politician
- Elizabeth Magie1866-1948American board game designer
- Isabella Karle1921-2017American physical chemist
- Roy Buchanan1939-1988American blues musician
- Jan Henryk de Rosen1891-1982Polish-born painter
- Porter J. McCumber1858-1933American politician
- Ellen Isham Schutt1873-1955American botanical illustrator and lithographer
- Francis Eugene Worley1908-1974American politician
- Charles N. Crosby1876-1951American politician and football coach
- Margaret A. Brewer1930-2013United States Marine Corps general
- Dianne Kasnic Prinz1938-2002American scientist
Show all 36 notable burials
- Eddie Foster1887-1937American baseball player
- Hung-Chang Lin1919-2009American electronics engineer
- Brian Pohanka1955-2005American military historian
- J. Sterling Livingston1916-2010American businessman and academic
- Tyler Drumheller1952-2015American activist
- Larry D. Gilbertson1917-1986American politician
- Louis F. Oberdorfer1919-2013United States federal judge
- Claude Wayne Secrest1917-1979American writer
- Dita Beard1918-1992American lobbyist
- Doug Welty1959-2021American public affairs professional
- George Cronyn1888-1969American poet, dramatist, fiction and prose writer
- Harry Ardell Allard1880-1963Botanist
- Jack Fish1892-1971American football coach
- Kálmán Hardy1892-1980Hungarian military officer, military writer, university lecturer
- Svend Yort1908-1981American postage stamp collector
- William D. Medley1898-1967American politician
- Charles J. McCarthy1907-1995American attorney
- Florence Bessom Higgs1905-2008American artist
- Hans G. Wolfhard1912-2008Physician and researcher
- Harry N. Naltchayan1925-1994Lebanese photographer
- Ira Owens Beaty1903-1987Educator
- James K. Magie1827-1893American newsman and Civil War officer
- John W. Gibson1910-1976
- Milton Stevens1942-2007American trombonist and teacher
People whose Wikidata entry gives Columbia Gardens 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 Columbia Gardens 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
- Shelley Graveyard (historical)Arlington, VACemetery0.3 mi
- Mills Family Graveyard (historical)Arlington, VAFamily cemetery0.7 mi
- Saint Charles School CemeteryArlington, VACemetery0.8 mi
- Donaldson Family GraveyardNorth Quincy Street, Arlington, VAFamily cemetery0.8 mi
- Ball Family Graveyard (historical)Arlington, VAFamily cemetery0.8 mi
- Travers Family CemeteryArlington, VAFamily cemetery1.1 mi
- Syphax Family GraveyardArlington, VAFamily cemetery1.3 mi
- Custis Burying GroundArlington, VACemetery1.4 mi
- Berry-Whitehead Family Graveyard (historical)Arlington, VAFamily cemetery1.4 mi
- Tomb of the Unknown SoliderArlington, VACemetery1.5 mi
Funeral homes near Columbia Gardens Cemetery
- Murphy Funeral Homes0.9 miFuneral home · Arlington · (703) 920-4800
- Storke Funeral Home - Arlington Chapel1.4 miFuneral home · Arlington · (571) 730-7900
- Chinn Baker Funeral Service2.1 miFuneral home · Arlington · (703) 979-1666
- Everly Funeral Home & Cremation Service2.8 miFuneral home · Falls Church · (703) 532-5161
- Everly Wheatley Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · Alexandria · (703) 998-9200
- Devol Funeral Home3.5 miFuneral home · Washington · (202) 333-6680
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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