Odd Fellows Cemetery (Starkville, Mississippi)

The Odd Fellows Cemetery in Starkville, Mississippi is a historic, 3-acre (1.2 ha) African-American cemetery that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

Odd Fellows Cemetery
LocationJct. of US 82 and Henderson St., Starkville, Mississippi
Coordinates33°28′0″N 88°49′15″W
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
NRHP reference No.90001064[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 24, 1990

Odd Fellows Cemetery is one of the oldest African American cemeteries in Mississippi.[2] It was founded by lodge number 2948 of the Grand Order of Odd Fellows of America. Burials began in the 19th century, but permanent markers were not in use until the 1920s. In 1939 the Odd Fellows Lodge sold the cemetery to National Funeral Home, a white-owned company that continued to operate it as an African-American cemetery. The property has changed several times since then.[3]

See also
  • List of Odd Fellows cemeteries

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. "Odd Fellows Cemetery - State Historical Marker". Retrieved April 7, 2011.
  3. Marszalek, John F. Mississippi Women: Their Histories, their lives: Sadye Wier (1905-1995) A Life of Independence and Service. University of Georgia Press. pp. 213–214. ISBN 9780820325033.


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