Incorporated in 1920 and with just over 5,000 residents today,
Riverdale Park is a small town in the suburbs of Washington, DC.
Nestled between College Park, Hyattsville, and Edmonston, the town
derived its name from the historic plantation owned by descendents of
Maryland's first family.
http://www.lissa.net/riverdale/
Riverdale Park's Cherry Hill Cemetery, one of the few remnants of
black slave life in the county, is believed to hold the graves of 12
slaves.
In the 1890's, the first residences built by the Riverdale Park Co.
were in the area around the B&O train station.
Although there are no activie cemetery listings in the yellow pages
for Riverdale, Maryland, I am including the cemeteries that are
closest to Riverdale.
To start, I am going historical and discussing the old cemeteries of
Riverdale.
You might not care for this information. If not, please scroll to the
bottom of this answer for the list I mentioned which includes
addresses and phone numbers.
I. As commented by rico-ga, this site lists the cemeteries for
Riverdale as well as other Prince George towns but you'll notice you
cannot click on each cemetery and must go to the www.rootsweb.com site
for further research which are usually fee based:
RIVERDALE
Adams Cemetery
Calvert Cemetery
Riverdale, Prince George's County, Maryland
Politicians buried here:
Charles Benedict Calvert (1808-1864) Born in Prince George's County,
Md., August 23, 1808. Member of Maryland state house of delegates,
1843-44; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1861-63. Died
in Prince George's County, Md., May 12, 1864. Interment at Calvert
Cemetery. See also: congressional biography.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG.html#RC80UNSL2
Cherry Hill Cemetery
"Cherry Hill Cemetery [PG69-21]
6821 Ingraham Street, Beacon Heights
Cherry Hill Cemetery was established by the will of Josiah Adams as a
family cemetery in 1884. It contains his remains and those of
approximately fifty of his relatives. A unique aspect of the cemetery
are "homemade", or, "vernacular" grave markers.
Joshua Adams, a free black before emancipation, worked as a gardener
at the Riversdale Mansion of Charles B. Calvert in the mid-19th
century. Adams eventually acquired his own family farm specializing in
fruits and vegetables from three small parcels of farmland that he
purchased from 1871-1883. It was a rural family farm cemetery until
1955 when the farm of Josiah Adams was divided and sold for
development. In 1988, the vacant parcel of land was sold by the Prince
George's County Government for non-payment of taxes. Eventually, the
property was conveyed to MarylandNational Capital Park and Planning
Commission. Its History Division, Archaeology and Black History
Programs are in the process of restoring the cemetery to its 19th
century appearance. "
http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/docs/af_am/princeco.html
Melrose Cemetery
Stephen's Cemetery
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdpgeorg/text/twna.html
II. On the National Register of Historic Places are listed these
Maryland cemeteries that may be of interest to you:
Maryland
Anne Arundel Annapolis National Cemetery 800 West St. Annapolis
06/13/1996 Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS 96000608
Baltimore Lorraine Park Cemetery Gate Lodge 5608 Dogwood Rd. Woodlawn
07/25/1985 85001613
Baltimore Old Salem Church and Cemetery Ingleside Ave. and Calverton
St. Catonsville 12/13/1977 77000683
Dorchester Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery High St. Cambridge
04/12/1984 84001767
Frederick Emmitsburg Historic District Roughly, Main St. E of Mountain
View Cemetery to Creamery Rd. and Seton Ave. adjacent to Main
Emmitsburg 03/10/1992 92000076
Montgomery Third Addition to Rockville and Old St. Mary's Church and
Cemetery Veirs Mill and Old Baltimore Rds. Rockville 11/20/1978
78001476
Baltimore Green Mount Cemetery Bounded by North and Greenmount Aves.,
Ensor and Hoffman Sts. Baltimore (Independent City) 04/02/1980
80001786
Baltimore Loudon Park National Cemetery 3445 Frederick Ave. Baltimore
06/20/1996 Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS 96000655
Baltimore St. Paul's Cemetery Redwood St. and Martin Luther King Blvd.
Baltimore (Independent City) 06/30/1988 88000746
Baltimore Weiskittel-Roehle Burial Vault Section P, Loudon Park
Cemetery Baltimore (Independent City) 05/19/1976 76002185
Baltimore Westminster Presbyterian Church and Cemetery 509 W. Fayette
St. Baltimore (Independent City) 09/17/1974 74002218
Kent Christ Church, Graveyard and Sexton's House N of Worton on MD 298
Worton 04/02/1980 80001822
III. The cemeteries listed as closest to Riverdale, Maryland by
Yahoo's Yellow Pages for Riverdale are(with names, addresses, and
phone numbers.):
Crownsville Cemetery
(410) 987-6320 1080 Sunrise Beach Rd
Crownsville, MD Map
3.7 miles from Riverdale
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Saint's Rest Cemetery
(410) 761-9392 7462 E Furnace Branch Rd
Glen Burnie, MD Map
5.7
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Glen Haven Memorial Park
(410) 766-7727 7231 Ritchie Hwy # De
Glen Burnie, MD Map
6.8
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Glen Haven Memorial Park
(410) 766-4950 7215 Ritchie Hwy
Glen Burnie, MD Map
6.8
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Annapolis Memorial Gardens
(410) 841-6255 814 Bestgate Rd
Annapolis, MD Map
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