Elmwood Cemetery (Columbia, South Carolina)

Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery, Confederate Cemetery Entrance, July 2012
Location501 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates34°0′50″N 81°3′13″W / 34.01389°N 81.05361°W / 34.01389; -81.05361
Area168.5 acres (68.2 ha)
Built1854 (1854), 1921
NRHP reference No.96000984
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 1996

Elmwood Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was established in 1854, and expanded in 1921. The older section is heavily wooded and has a section devoted to Confederate dead.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

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