Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery, Romney

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Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery is an African-American cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, United States. The cemetery is located along the Northwestern Turnpike below Indian Mound Cemetery overlooking Sulphur Spring Run. Historically known as the Romney Colored Cemetery and more recently as the Romney African-American Cemetery, the cemetery was created for African-Americans in the South Branch Valley who were not permitted to be interred in the city's Indian Mound Cemetery. The cemetery has been in use since the early 19th century and continues to serve Romney's African-American community. It is currently maintained by the Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church, from which it takes its name. ()

Established: XIX centuryCoordinates: 39°20'30"N, 78°46'4"W

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Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Literary Hall, Indian Mound Cemetery, Confederate Memorial, Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House.

0.6 miE
Museum, Greek Revival architecture
Literary Hall, Romney
16 min walk • Literary Hall is a mid-19th-century brick library, building and museum located in Romney, a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the intersection of North High Street and West Main Street. Literary Hall was constructed between 1869 and 1870 by the Romney Literary Society.
~760 ftNE
Native American architecture, Cemetery
Indian Mound Cemetery, Romney
4 min walk • Indian Mound Cemetery is a cemetery located along the Northwestern Turnpike on a promontory of the "Yellow Banks" overlooking the South Branch Potomac River and Mill Creek Mountain in Romney, West Virginia, United States.
~740 ftNE
Native American architecture, Monuments and statues
Confederate Memorial, Romney
4 min walk • The Confederate Memorial at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, commemorates residents of Hampshire County who died during the American Civil War while fighting for the Confederate States of America.
0.6 miE
Vernacular architecture, Georgian architecture
Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House, Romney
15 min walk • The Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House is a complex of three structures, built between the 1740s and 1780s, in Romney, West Virginia. The clerk's office, dating from the 1780s, is the oldest surviving public office building in West Virginia.
0.6 miE
Museum, History museum
Taggart Hall, Romney
15 min walk • Taggart Hall is a late 18th-century residence that currently houses the Fort Mill Ridge Foundation and its Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches museum, the Hampshire County Visitors Bureau, and the Hampshire County Chamber of Commerce.
1.1 miN
Greek Revival architecture
Valley View, Romney
29 min walk • Valley View is a mid-19th-century Greek Revival residence and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River northwest of Romney, West Virginia. The house is atop a promontory where Depot Valley joins the South Branch Potomac River valley.
1.2 miNE
Vernacular architecture
Washington Place, Romney
31 min walk • Washington Place is one of the first homes built by freed slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.
0.7 miE
Neo-renaissance architecture
Old Methodist District Parsonage, Romney
19 min walk • The Old Methodist District Parsonage is a 19th-century Italianate residence in Romney, West Virginia, United States. It is a two-story brick dwelling constructed between 1868 and 1882 to serve as the district parsonage for the area's Methodist churches.
0.4 miSW
Greek Revival architecture
Sycamore Dale, Romney
11 min walk • Sycamore Dale is a 19th-century Greek Revival plantation house overlooking the South Branch Potomac River southwest of Romney, West Virginia. Sycamore Dale is one of several historic estates along South Branch River Road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1980.

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Which popular attractions are close to Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery?

Nearby attractions include Confederate Memorial, Romney (4 min walk), Indian Mound Cemetery, Romney (4 min walk), Sycamore Dale, Romney (11 min walk), Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House, Romney (15 min walk).