Indian Mound Cemetery
Indian Mound Cemetery is a cemetery located along the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50) on a promontory of the "Yellow Banks" overlooking the South Branch Potomac River and Mill Creek Mountain in Romney, West Virginia, United States. The cemetery is centered on a Hopewellian mound, known as the Romney Indian Mound. Indian Mound Cemetery is also the site of Fort Pearsall, the Confederate Memorial, Parsons Bell Tower, and reinterments from Romney's Old Presbyterian Cemetery. The cemetery is currently owned and maintained by the Indian Mound Cemetery Association, Inc.
| Indian Mound Cemetery | |
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Indian Mound Cemetery entrance along U.S. Route 50 | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1859 |
| Location | Romney, West Virginia |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 39°20′33″N 78°45′57″W |
| Type | Private |
| Owned by | Indian Mound Cemetery Association, Inc. |
| No. of graves | >2,500 |
| Find a Grave | Indian Mound Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Indian Mound Cemetery |
Indian Mound Cemetery is the burial site of two governors of West Virginia, a United States House Representative, a United States Secretary of the Army, an owner of the Washington Redskins, and descendants of the family of George Washington.
Days before the 150th anniversary of the Confederate Monument's dedication was to be observed, it was vandalized. The vandalism read "reparations now", and was done using black spray paint. The damage to the monument has since been repaired.