Greenwood Cemetery (Tallahassee, Florida)
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| Location | Tallahassee, Florida, US |
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| Coordinates | 30°27′37″N 84°17′43″W / 30.46028°N 84.29528°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000510[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 5, 2003 |
The Greenwood Cemetery (est. 1937) is a historic cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. An African-American cemetery, Greenwood is located on Old Bainbridge Road, which originally the main route out of Tallahassee to the northwest. On June 5, 2003, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Professional football player Willie Galimore is buried there.[2]
Approximately 1,500 memorials are documented at the cemetery.
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- National Register of Historic Places in Tallahassee, Florida
- Geography of Tallahassee, Florida
- History of Tallahassee, Florida
- Protected areas of Leon County, Florida
- Cemeteries in Florida
- African-American cemeteries in Florida
- African-American history of Florida
- 1937 establishments in Florida
- Cemeteries established in the 1930s