Indian Mound Cemetery
Indian Mound Cemetery entrance along U.S. Route 50
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| Established | 1859 |
| Location | Romney, West Virginia |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 39°20′33″N 78°45′57″W / 39.342599°N 78.765851°WCoordinates: 39°20′33″N 78°45′57″W / 39.342599°N 78.765851°W |
| Type | Private |
| Owned by | Indian Mound Cemetery Association, Inc. |
| Find a Grave | Indian Mound Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | 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 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.
The Romney Indian mound is a burial mound that measures 7 feet (2.1 m) in height and approximately 15 feet (4.6 m) in diameter, according to the site marker. Since this marker was erected, further research indicates the mound has been opened at some point in the past. It is the largest of the remaining mounds discovered in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The Romney Indian Mound is representative of thousands of small Middle and Late Woodland burial mounds that occurred throughout much of eastern North America. Throughout its history, the Romney Indian Mound has traditionally been covered in pine trees, of which several remain as of 2010.
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