The Colored Cemetery on 10th Avenue in

Columbus, Georgia Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it o ...

, is a cemetery used by African-American citizens of Columbus that has burials dating back to at least the 1840s. In 1936, the name Porterdale Cemetery began to be used also. It is believed to have been included in the 1828 plan for the city by surveyor

Edward Lloyd Thomas Edward Lloyd Thomas (March 23, 1825 – March 8, 1898) was a Confederate brigadier general of infantry during the American Civil War from the state of Georgia. He was colonel of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment, which was assigned to Joseph R ...

. The cemetery was listed on the

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in 1980. The name "Porterdale" for the cemetery is apparently in honor of Richard P. Porter, the cemetery's sexton from about 1878 to about 1920.

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Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) 1845 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Protected areas of Muscogee County, Georgia National Register of Historic Places in Muscogee County, Georgia {{US-cemetery-stub

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