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Basket Creek Cemetery, also known as Basket Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, is a historic African American cemetery founded in 1886 and located on 7829 Capps Ferry Road near Douglasville in Douglas County, Georgia, U.S.. It is a Southern Folk-type of cemetery and still contains traditional grave mounds. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 20, 2009, for its contribution to African American heritage. The Basket Creek Cemetery was founded in 1886, and is located near Douglasville, approximately 25 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Positioned nearby is the Chapman Family Cemetery, a burial ground for a white family, which has no historical connection to the Basket Creek Cemetery. The Basket Creek Cemetery contains 110 known burials of Black members of the Basket Creek Baptist Church. This cemetery is classified as a Southern Folk-style, which is characterized by mounded graves, scraped ground, a hilltop location, east to west grave orientation, grave markers and decorations made by using materials locally available (not commercially sold), certain species of vegetation, the use of grave shelters, and the evidence of a devotion to God and/or family in the form of memorials. Some other traits of a Southern Folk type of cemetery include bordered family plots, wife-to-the-left burials, and feet-to-the-east burials. This location is a rare example of the survival of the African American church funerary ritual of grave mounding, a practice which has roots in West Africa. The Basket Creek Cemetery is the only documented extant example of grave mounding in the state of Georgia. National Register of Historic Places listings in Douglas County, Georgia This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Park Service.
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When was Basket Creek Cemetery listed on the National Register?
Basket Creek Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 2009.
What type of historic resource is Basket Creek Cemetery?
Basket Creek Cemetery is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.
What is the period of significance for Basket Creek Cemetery?
The period of significance for Basket Creek Cemetery is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1886.
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