Greenwood Cemetery - Cedartown, GA
Posted by: YoSam.
N 34° 00.880 W 085° 15.057
16S E 661502 N 3765161
Huge cemetery as you enter this city from the east.
Waymark Code: WMPTEM
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/18/2015
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County of cemetery: Polk County
Location of cemetery: East Ave., Cedartown
Number of graves: 3,420
Built: 1840
"Greenwood Cemetery, located on East Avenue, was created in 1840. Those that are buried here include William Julius Harris, a United States Senator whose funeral was held at Big Spring in 1932. Henry Bunn, a Confederate solider killed on June 27, 1864 in the Battle of Cold Harbor is also buried here. The founder of the present-day Murphy-Harpst Home, Ethel Harpst, is buried in Greenwood. A former mayor of the City of Cedartown, Arthur Colquitt, is also buried here. He died while in office in 1932. Greenwood is also the final resting place for almost 60 confederate soldiers." ~ The City Cemetery Department