Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit)
Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit) is a historic cemetery in Detroit, United States. It holds National Register of Historic Places contributing property status. Wikidata records 123 notable interments here, including Lewis Cass, Zachariah Chandler, Russell Alexander Alger.

At a glance
| Location | Detroit, United States |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42.34722, -83.01861 (source: Wikidata) |
| Type | Historic and heritage |
| Heritage status | National Register of Historic Places contributing property |
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Notable interments
123 notable figures are documented here in Wikidata, each with a Wikipedia article and recorded burial place. The 25 most widely covered are listed below. Browse all 123, or take the JSON record.
- Lewis Cass (1782–1866), writer, lawyer, politician
- Zachariah Chandler (1813–1879), businessperson, politician
- Russell Alexander Alger (1836–1907), lawyer, politician, military officer
- Frank Nelson (1887–1970), baseball player, athletics competitor
- Robert McClelland (1807–1880), mayor, lawyer, politician
- Edwin Denby (1870–1929), lawyer, politician, military officer
- Truman Handy Newberry (1864–1945), businessperson, politician
- Lucius Lyon (1800–1851), politician
- Fred Smith (1949–1994), singer, musician, songwriter
- Fred Smith (1949–1994), singer, musician, songwriter
- Jacob M. Howard (1805–1871), lawyer, politician
- John Trumbull (1750–1831), writer, poet
- Henry P. Baldwin (1814–1892), politician
- Sam Thompson (1860–1922), baseball player
- Coleman Young (1918–1997), politician, aircraft pilot
- Alpheus S. Williams (1810–1878), judge, lawyer, politician
- Donald M. Dickinson (1846–1917), lawyer, politician, jurist
- James McMillan (1838–1902), politician, entrepreneur
- William Woodbridge (1780–1861), judge, lawyer, politician
- William Woodbridge (1780–1861), judge, lawyer, politician
- John Norvell (1789–1850), lawyer, politician, editor
- Ralph Wilson (1918–2014), businessperson
- Thomas W. Palmer (1830–1913), businessperson, politician, diplomat
- Henry Billings Brown (1836–1913), judge, lawyer, jurist
- Douglass Houghton (1809–1845), politician, physicist, geologist
Common questions
Where is Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit)?
Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit) is in Detroit, United States, at coordinates 42.3472, -83.0186.
Who is buried at Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit)?
Wikidata documents 123 notable interments at Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit), including Lewis Cass, Zachariah Chandler, Russell Alexander Alger, Frank Nelson, Robert McClelland.
Records and sources
- Wikidata: Q5366958 (CC0, the source for the facts on this page)
- Wikipedia article
- Burial records on Find a Grave (external, not affiliated)
- OpenStreetMap relation/3823589