Evergreen Burial Park
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Evergreen Burial Park is a cemetery located at 1307 Summit Avenue, SW in the Raleigh Court
neighborhood of Roanoke
, Virginia
. The cemetery began in 1916 in what was then Roanoke County
.
The cemetery was designed by the Hare and Hare design firm of Kansas City, Missouri
. There were nearly 25,000 burials in the 54 acres (218,530.4 m²) cemetery by late 2011. A walking tour is available highlighting some of the more interesting individuals and stories of the social history of Roanoke.
Raleigh Court, Roanoke, Virginia
Raleigh Court is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in southwest Roanoke along U.S. 11 . It borders the neighborhoods of Greater Deyerle on the west, Wasena on the east, Cherry Hill, Mountain View and Norwich on the north and Franklin-Colonial and Grandin Court on the south...
neighborhood of Roanoke
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke is an independent city in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia and is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. The population within the city limits was 97,032 as of 2010...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
. The cemetery began in 1916 in what was then Roanoke County
Roanoke County, Virginia
Roanoke County is a county located in the U.S. state of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area and located within the Roanoke Region of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 85,778. As of 2010, the population was 92,376...
.
The cemetery was designed by the Hare and Hare design firm of Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
. There were nearly 25,000 burials in the 54 acres (218,530.4 m²) cemetery by late 2011. A walking tour is available highlighting some of the more interesting individuals and stories of the social history of Roanoke.
External links
- Evergreen Burial Park at Find a GraveFind A GraveFind a Grave is a commercial website providing free access and input to an online database of cemetery records. It was founded in 1998 as a DBA and incorporated in 2000.-History:...
- Evergreen Burial Park Tombstone Photographs at the Virginia USGenWeb Archives