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.
12-716: Elmwood Cemetery may refer to several places in the United States: Alphabetical by state, then town Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) Elmwood Cemetery (Fort Smith, Arkansas) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Elmwood Cemetery (Gooding, Idaho) Elmwood Cemetery (River Grove, Illinois) Elmwood Cemetery Gates , Sycamore, Illinois; NRHP-listed Elmwood Cemetery (Holyoke, Massachusetts) , Elmwood, Holyoke, Massachusetts Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit) , Michigan; NRHP-listed in
24-497: A cultural geographer at East Carolina University, reported the number had increased to 730, with only 10 states in the country without a street named after King (Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont). In 2014 he estimated that there were over 900 streets named after King in 41 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. In 2019, National Geographic published an interactive mapping of more than 1,000 streets around
36-525: A mausoleum chapel as an alternative location for funerals or memorial services rather than the chapel funeral home itself. The body of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing victim, Denise McNair was exhumed from Shadow Lawn Memorial Park to this cemetery by her parents in August 2007. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (Birmingham) Streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. can be found in many cities of
48-549: The Confederate States of America during the American Civil War : Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas. King's home state of Georgia had the most, with 75 streets as of 2001; this had increased to 105 as of 2006. As of 2003, there were over 600 American cities that had named a street after King. By 2004, this number had grown to 650, according to NPR . In 2006, Derek Alderman,
60-584: The United States and in nearly every major metropolis . There are also a number of other countries that have honored Martin Luther King Jr. , including Italy and Israel. The first street in the United States named in his honor was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Chicago in 1968. The number of streets named after King is increasing every year, and about 70% of these streets are in states which were members of
72-602: The Eastside Historic Cemetery District Elmwood Cemetery (Kansas City, Missouri) , NRHP-listed Elmwood Cemetery (North Brunswick) , New Jersey Elmwood Cemetery (Adams, New York) , Adams, New York Elmwood Cemetery (Charlotte, North Carolina) , Charlotte, North Carolina Elmwood Cemetery (Lorain, Ohio) in Lorain, Ohio Elmwood Cemetery (Columbia, South Carolina) , NRHP-listed Elmwood Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee) , including
84-521: The Johns-Ridout's Mortuary. This cemetery is made up of about fifty large blocks, of varying shapes and sizes, each of which contains up to several hundred lots; each lot contains as many as eight or ten burial plots. As of early 2017, the cemetery contained about 130,000 burials. Notable sections include at least two areas dedicated to newborns and infants, with brass plaques that say "BABYLAND" on them. There are also four mausoleums. It additionally has
96-499: The late 1930s, Mexican sculptor Dionicio Rodriguez created a number of large concrete sculptures for the cemetery, including a palm tree, a bridge, and a fallen log 'carved' into a bench. The cemetery was whites only until 1970 when the family of a black soldier who died in Vietnam won a lawsuit in federal court to force the cemetery to allow their son to be buried there. It has a chapel funeral home at 800 Dennison Avenue Southwest which
108-410: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elmwood_Cemetery&oldid=1170179991 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) In
120-451: The office and entrance bridge; NRHP-listed Elmwood Cemetery (Norfolk, Virginia) , NRHP-listed Elmwood Cemetery (West Virginia) See also [ edit ] Elmwood (disambiguation) Elmwood Park (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
132-472: The world named after King. Business owners in the affected parts of cities have objected, claiming that naming a street after Martin Luther King is bad for business. The following is a list of streets named after King in the United States. The "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial highway" includes various portions: Also: As of April 2021 Kansas City, Missouri is no longer the largest U.S. city without
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#1732848460153144-567: Was established in 1962 by the Lackey family for Johns-Ridout's Mortuary. The cemetery is part of the Dignity Memorial chain. The cemetery is roughly bounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive , Dennison Avenue Southwest, 14th Place Southwest, and railroad tracks. The main entrance is directly across from 6th Avenue Southwest. There is a secondary entrance on Martin Luther King Drive just behind
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