About Woodland Cemetery
Woodland Cemetery is a cemetery near East Highland Park, Henrico County, Virginia. It lies about 1.3 mi north of East Highland Park. The grounds sit at about 148 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Arthur Ashe, Mary Bowser and Charles Thaddeus Russell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1476943. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holy Cross Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Southside Cremation Services in Richmond, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 46 cemeteries we list in Henrico County, and 62 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 46 listings in Henrico County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, East Highland Park. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Woodland Cemetery
Among them: 1 architect, 1 writer.
- Arthur Ashe1943-1993American tennis player
- Mary Bowser1841-1867American spy
- Charles Thaddeus Russell1875-1952Virginia's first black architect
People whose Wikidata entry gives Woodland 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
37.56270, -77.41274
What Woodland 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
- Holy Cross CemeteryRichmond, VAChristian cemetery0.8 mi
- Barton Heights CemeteryRichmond, VA · est. 1815Cemetery1.1 mi
- Hebrew CemeteryRichmond, VAJewish cemetery1.2 mi
- Shockoe Hill CemeteryRichmond, VACemetery1.3 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryMontrose, VACemetery1.9 mi
- Oakwood Hebrew CemeteryMontrose, VAJewish cemetery2.1 mi
- M Street CemeteryRichmond, VAMunicipal cemetery2.1 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryRichmond, VAEpiscopal cemetery2.2 mi
- Franklin Street Burial GroundsRichmond, VAJewish cemetery2.2 mi
- Colored Paupers CemeteryMontrose, VACemetery2.2 mi
Funeral homes near Woodland Cemetery
- Southside Cremation Services0.3 miCremation provider · Richmond · (804) 788-4619
- Scott's Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Richmond · (804) 321-9095
- McClenny and Watkins Funeral Service1.2 miFuneral home · Richmond · (804) 321-1100
- March Funeral Homes1.4 miFuneral home · Richmond · (804) 321-4200
- Chiles Funeral Home Inc1.4 miFuneral home · Richmond · (804) 649-0377
- Crawleys Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Richmond · (804) 321-2367
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