About Cedar Grove Cemetery
Cedar Grove Cemetery is a cemetery near Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia. It lies about 0.8 mi south of Norfolk. The grounds sit at about 13 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 14 notable people buried here, including John Randolph Tucker, George Loyall and Louis Isaac Jaffe. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1478347. The nearest other listed cemetery is Elmwood Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Metropolitan Funeral Service in Norfolk, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 13 cemeteries we list in Norfolk City, and 34 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 13 listings in Norfolk City have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Norfolk. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 journalist, 1 musician, 1 Pulitzer Prize winner, 1 US representative.
- John Randolph Tucker1812-1883American naval officer
- George Loyall1789-1868American politician
- Louis Isaac Jaffe1888-1950American journalist
- Ernie Hare1883-1939American radio personality
- Lewis Warrington1782-1851United States Secretary of the Navy
- Cadwallader Jones Iredell1840-1909
- Charles Fleming McIntosh1812-1862Captain, CSS Louisiana
- Courtney Tucker Norton Newton1792-1868
- Elizabeth Mason Walke McIntosh1784-1855
- George Newton1786-1835Norfolk, Virginia attorney
- Katherine Goldthwaite Campbell1839-1922
- Thomas Williamson1777-1846Cashier of the Bank of Va.
Show all 14 notable burials
- William Walke, Jr.1786-18821786-1882
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cedar Grove 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
36.85876, -76.28272
What Cedar Grove 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
- Elmwood CemeteryNorfolk, VACemetery0.2 mi
- West Point CemeteryNorfolk, VACemetery0.2 mi
- Hebrew CemeteryNorfolk, VAJewish cemetery0.6 mi
- Saint Mary's Catholic CemeteryNorfolk, VACatholic cemetery1.1 mi
- Calvary CemeteryNorfolk, VACemetery1.3 mi
- Riverside Memorial ParkChesapeake, VAMemorial park1.9 mi
- Magnolia CemeteryChesapeake, VACemetery1.9 mi
- Trinity CemeteryPortsmouth, VACemetery2.0 mi
- Cedar Grove CemeteryPortsmouth, VACemetery2.0 mi
- B’nai Israel CemeteryNorfolk, VAJewish cemetery2.0 mi
Funeral homes near Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Metropolitan Funeral Service0.3 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (757) 622-1400
- Graves Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (757) 622-1085
- H D Oliver Funeral Apartments0.8 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (757) 622-7353
- Colonial Crematorium0.8 miCremation provider · Norfolk · (757) 623-9928
- E. A. Hughes Funeral Home1.6 miCremation provider · Norfolk · (757) 545-5621
- Metropolitian Funeral Services Inc1.8 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (757) 494-1800
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