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Orangeburg City Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Jct. of Bull and Windsor Sts., Orangeburg, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°29′21″N 80°52′15″W / 33.489154°N 80.870756°W / 33.489154; -80.870756
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built	1889 (1889)
MPS	Orangeburg MRA
NRHP reference No.	96001025
Added to NRHP	September 27, 1996

Orangeburg City Cemetery is a historic African-American cemetery located at Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was established in 1889 and is a five-acre tract containing approximately 300 to 350 burial plots. Most burials date from about 1890 to the 1960s.

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

Notable burials

• Johnson C. Whittaker (1858–1931), West Point cadet who was expelled, exonerated, and posthumously awarded a US Army officer commission

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. J. Tracy Power; Andrew Chandler & Geraldyne P. Zimmerman (November 1995). "Orangeburg City Cemetery" (pdf). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
3. "Orangeburg City Cemetery, Orangeburg County (Bull & Windsor Sts., Orangeburg)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 4, 2014.

External links

• Orangeburg City Cemetery at Find a Grave

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