Mount Hope Cemetery
Advertisement
Mount Hope Cemetery, located in Raleigh, NC, is a historic African American cemetery founded in 1872. Spanning 34.5 acres, this picturesque cemetery offers scenic views of downtown and is the final resting place for notable individuals such as Reverend Henry Beard Delany and Colonel James H. Young.
Despite the loss of burial records in a fire during the 1930s, the Olivia Raney Local History Library has reconstructed a comprehensive list of interments using North Carolina death certificates and the Raleigh Death Register. With over 7,000 names on record, Mount Hope Cemetery remains an important part of Raleigh's history and has been recognized on the National Register of Historic Places.
Generated from the website
You might also like
Partial Data by Foursquare.
Advertisement

