Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama)

Elmwood Cemetery
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Established1900
Location
CountryUS
Coordinates33°29′16″N 86°50′42″W / 33.48778°N 86.84500°W / 33.48778; -86.84500
Typepublic
Owned byDignity Memorial
Size326 acres (1.32 km2)
No. of gravesAround 140,000
WebsiteOfficial website
Find a GraveElmwood Cemetery
The Political GraveyardElmwood Cemetery
A view across some of the older burials, dating from the early 1900s.
This mushroom shade is one of several concrete sculptures made by artist Dionicio Rodriguez in the 1930s that are found at Elmwood.

Elmwood Cemetery (also known as Elm Leaf Cemetery) is a 326 acres (132 ha) cemetery established in 1900 (as Elm Leaf Cemetery) in Birmingham, Alabama northwest of Homewood by a group of fraternal organizations. It was renamed in 1906 and gradually eclipsed Oak Hill Cemetery as the most prominent burial place in the city. In 1900 it consisted of 40 acres, adding 40 more acres in 1904, 80 more acres in 1909, 80 more acres in 1910, 43 acres in 1924, and reached 286 acres in 1928.