About Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia. It lies about 1.0 mi south of Norfolk. The grounds sit at about 13 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 25 notable people buried here, including Littleton Waller Tazewell, Asa Biggs and Pauline Adams. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1478552. The nearest other listed cemetery is West Point Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Graves Funeral Home in Norfolk, about 0.2 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 Elmwood Cemetery
Among them: 4 Civil War veterans, 4 US representatives, 4 writers, 2 football players, 2 US senators, 1 artist, 1 governor, 1 inventor or engineer.
- Littleton Waller Tazewell1774-1860American politician
- Asa Biggs1811-1878Politician of North Carolina
- Pauline Adams1874-1957Irish-American suffragist
- Francis Mallory1807-1860American politician
- Walter H. Taylor1838-1916Confederate Army officer
- William Harwar Parker1826-1896US Navy officer
- George E. Bowden1852-1908American politician
- Albert W. Grant1856-1930United States Navy admiral
- Carleton Putnam1901-1998American businessman and writer
- Ira Johnson1880-1950American football coach
- Louise Collier Willcox1865-1929American author, editor, anthologist, translator, suffragist
- William Lamb1835-1909Confederate Army officer
Show all 25 notable burials
- E. Griffith Dodson1884-1969American politician
- George Dod Armstrong1813-1899American Presbyterian minister
- James Barron Hope1829-1887American lawyer, journalist and poet
- Merritt Cooke Jr.1884-1967American football player and coach
- Saunders Taylor1875-1958American football player
- Charles Francis Pickett1840-1899Born 1 Jun 1840; died 25 Mar 1899
- Katharine Talcott Hale1827-1855
- Mary Jeffery Galt1844-1922Preservationist
- Mary Tazewell1822-1886
- Richard Dickson1804-1893Millionaire
- Walter B. Martin1888-1966American physician
- William Talbot Truxtun1824-1887American naval officer
- William Walter Coke1823-1888
People whose Wikidata entry gives Elmwood 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 Elmwood 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
- West Point CemeteryNorfolk, VACemetery0.2 mi
- Cedar Grove CemeteryNorfolk, VACemetery0.2 mi
- Hebrew CemeteryNorfolk, VAJewish cemetery0.6 mi
- Saint Mary's Catholic CemeteryNorfolk, VACatholic cemetery0.9 mi
- Calvary CemeteryNorfolk, VACemetery1.2 mi
- B’nai Israel CemeteryNorfolk, VAJewish cemetery1.9 mi
- Riverside Memorial ParkChesapeake, VAMemorial park2.1 mi
- Cedar Grove CemeteryPortsmouth, VACemetery2.1 mi
- Magnolia CemeteryChesapeake, VACemetery2.1 mi
- Trinity CemeteryPortsmouth, VACemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Elmwood Cemetery
- Graves Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (757) 622-1085
- Metropolitan Funeral Service0.4 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (757) 622-1400
- H D Oliver Funeral Apartments0.7 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (757) 622-7353
- Colonial Crematorium0.7 miCremation provider · Norfolk · (757) 623-9928
- E. A. Hughes Funeral Home1.8 miCremation provider · Norfolk · (757) 545-5621
- Community Funeral Home Inc1.9 miFuneral home · Norfolk · (757) 625-7415
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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