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Cementerio Municipal de Río Piedras

Rio Piedras, San Juan Municipality, Puerto Rico, USA

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    Coordinates: 18.40175, -66.05282
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The old cemetery located at the town of Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, also known as Cementerio de Santa Rita, is completely gone. Its location is now known thanks to historians, who were able to find it, as documents of people buried there can be found dated to several centuries ago, going as far as 1764. The earliest of those documents that can be found are dated from the year 1885 to present. By the year 1909 it was still used for the burial of residents of Rio Piedras. There are thousands of death certificates that prove that it was actively being used for burials at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.
It was located in the area known at present as Santa Rita, between the Amalia Marín and Humacao streets. Back then the Amalia Marín street was known as the "Cemetery Alley". Both streets are located close to the Ponce de León Avenue and to the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus.
Due to lack of space at the Cementerio Municipal de Rio Piedras, by the year 1920 began the construction of another cemetery in Rio Piedras, known as the "Cementerio de Villa Nevarez". The original cemetery closed down operations before 1935 and the remaining bodies were exhumed and transferred to the Cementerio de Villa Nevarez until the old cemetery was finally closed down.
At present there is a Burger King fast food restaurant in the area where the old cemetery was located.
The old cemetery located at the town of Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, also known as Cementerio de Santa Rita, is completely gone. Its location is now known thanks to historians, who were able to find it, as documents of people buried there can be found dated to several centuries ago, going as far as 1764. The earliest of those documents that can be found are dated from the year 1885 to present. By the year 1909 it was still used for the burial of residents of Rio Piedras. There are thousands of death certificates that prove that it was actively being used for burials at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.
It was located in the area known at present as Santa Rita, between the Amalia Marín and Humacao streets. Back then the Amalia Marín street was known as the "Cemetery Alley". Both streets are located close to the Ponce de León Avenue and to the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus.
Due to lack of space at the Cementerio Municipal de Rio Piedras, by the year 1920 began the construction of another cemetery in Rio Piedras, known as the "Cementerio de Villa Nevarez". The original cemetery closed down operations before 1935 and the remaining bodies were exhumed and transferred to the Cementerio de Villa Nevarez until the old cemetery was finally closed down.
At present there is a Burger King fast food restaurant in the area where the old cemetery was located.

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  • Added: 13 Jul 2019
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2688237