Oak Woods Cemetery
Cemetery in Chicago, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oak Woods Cemetery is a large lawn cemetery in Chicago, Illinois. Located at 1035 E. 67th Street, in the Greater Grand Crossing area of Chicago's South Side. Established 171 years ago on February 12, 1853, it covers 183 acres (74 ha).[1]
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Established | February 12, 1853 (1853-02-12) |
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Country | United States |
Coordinates | 41°46′12″N 87°36′00″W |
Owned by | Dignity Memorial |
No. of interments | >60,000 |
Website | Oak Woods Cemetery |
Find a Grave | Oak Woods Cemetery |
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Oak Woods is the final resting place of several famous Americans including Harold Washington, Ida B. Wells, Jesse Owens, and Enrico Fermi. It is also the setting for a mass grave and memorial for Confederate prisoners of war from Camp Douglas, called the Confederate Mound.[2]