Cemetery:       The Railroad Cemetery
Other:          The Railroad Cemetery
Sign:           No
Street:         I-77 North
City:           Rock Hill,SC
Township:       Rock Hill
County:         York
State:          South Carolina
Nation:         USA
Zip:            29730
lat_ns:         N
lat_h:         
lat_mmss:      
long_ew:        W
long_h:        
long_mmss:     
Status:         Abandoned
Size:           Medium
Directions:     Acces from Corporate Blvd..or from Commerce Drive..Rock Hill SC
Type:           Road-public
Location:       Rural
Terrain:        Hillside
Watersource:    No
Features:       Large Trees...Wooded
Property:       Public
Access:         Permission-required
Enclosure:      None
Gate:           None
Established:    Unknown
Gravestones:    75-100
Oldest:         Sept. 29 1889
Newest:         1936
Removed:        Unknown
Relocated:      Unsure
Repairs:        No
Methods:        Other
Restoration:    No
Association:    Unsure
Records:        Unsure
Inventory:      Unsure
Availability:  
Landscaping:    No
Paths:          No
Trees:          Yes4
Crypts:         No
Fencing:        No
Brickwork:      No
Ironwork:       No
Sculpture:      No
Fountains:      No
Roads:          Yes
Buildings:      Yes
Cement:         Yes
Granite:        Yes
Marble:         Yes
Native:         Yes
Slate:          No
Others:         Yes
Wood:           Unsure
Materials:      Yes
Architectural:  No
Angels:         No
Draperies:      No
Fraternal:      No
Hands:          No
Lambs:          No
Monograms:      No
Plants:         No
Photos:         No
Religious:      No
Scrollwork:     Yes
Urns:           No
Carvings:       Yes
Condition:      Cemetery in danger of destruction
Unmarked:       Yes
Broken:         Yes
Toppled:        Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried:         Yes
Weather:        No
Pollution:      No
Vandalized:     Yes
Report:         No
VA1:            Gravestones-Overturned
VA2:            Gravestones-Broken
VA3:           
VA4:           
VA5:           
Overgrowth:     None
Overgrowth1:   
Overgrowth2:   
Overgrowth3:   
Overgrowth4:   
GroundCover:    Yes
Moss:          
Vines:         
Drainage:       Good
Problem1:      
Problem2:       Apathy
Owner:          Unknown
Use:            Agricultural
Bordering:      Transportation
Change:         Unknown
Reason:         Roads
Visited:        Rarely
Archeology:     No
Habitat:        Yes
Contacted:      No contact


Surnames:

Mayfield..Nash..Farrow..Sturgis..

Other_Information:

It appears that this graveyard has been abandoned for some time..due to its location it does not appear to have been vandalized other than a few headstones overturned..many of the graves appear to be unmarked,sunken impressions,but quite a few have headstones with and without inscriptions.

Support:

Unknown



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Name:           Jeff Matthews
Email:          j_ematthews@rhtc.net
Date:           10-12-2004

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