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Old White Church Cemetery

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Area
  
less than one acre

Year built
  
1801

NRHP Reference #
  
94001459

Added to NRHP
  
14 December 1994

Old White Church Cemetery

Location
  
Jct. of S. Aspen and Church Sts., E corner, Lincolnton, North Carolina

MPS
  
Churches and Church-Related Cemeteries in Lincolnton MPS

Old White Church Cemetery, also known as Emanuel Church Cemetery, is a historic cemetery and national historic district located at Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina. It was established in 1788, and contains the marked graves of some 265 citizens of Lincolnton, with an even larger number of unmarked graves. The oldest marked grave dates to 1801. The gravestones include notable examples of 19th and early-20th century funerary art. It is the oldest burying ground in the town of Lincolnton.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

References

Old White Church Cemetery Wikipedia