State Cemetery
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State Cemetery

Also known as Penitentiary Cemetery

Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA

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  • Get directions Behind Elmwood Cemetery
    Columbia, South Carolina, USA
    Coordinates: 34.01167, -81.05628
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This cemetery operated from 1883 to 1987, when the last prisoner was interred there, and contains approximately 330 graves. The Chicora Foundation estimates that there are perhaps 1,200 burials within the fenced area and to the east, outside the fence.



This cemetery operated from 1883 to 1987, when the last prisoner was interred there, and contains approximately 330 graves. The Chicora Foundation estimates that there are perhaps 1,200 burials within the fenced area and to the east, outside the fence.



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