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There are typically around 1,000 graves in an acre of land, assuming typical spacing between graves. However, this number can vary depending on factors such as grave size, layout, and design of the cemetery.
There are 777 graves in the "Unknown Plot" of the Grandview Cemetery in Johnstown Pa. All 777 are unidentified victims of the 1889 Johnstown Flood.
Cemetery records and files are located at the Department of Public Works Administrative Offices at 250 Commercial Street, Lynn.
A traditional cemetery holds about 1250 plots per acre. If two people are buried per plot, the potential is 2500 per acre
Well it depends on the layout of the acre. It also depends on the environment. If it is a dry area then it will take longer to grow than in a greener area, like a valley.
By the end of 2008 there had been 120,982 burials at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.
There are 44,061 men buried at Langemark; 19,378 of these are known and their names on the graves that are at Langemark. Very sad as there are around 20 men in each grave.
See the web site Arlington Cemetary; it should have those details.
I was there a week ago and asked a guide. He said that there are about 400000 graves, then there are memorials, some even for thousands of soldiers. An average of 25-30 graves is added each day.
General George S. Patton, Jr. is buried in the American Military Cemetery at Hamm, Luxembourg. His grave is at the head of the cemetery and faces over 5000 graves of soldiers, many of whom fought under his command. http://www.bargaintraveleurope.com/08/Luxembourg_Cemetery_Patton_Grave.htm
The cemetery site, at the north end of its ½ mile access road, covers 172.5 acres and contains the graves of 9,387 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. On the Walls of the Missing in a semicircular garden on the east side of the memorial are inscribed 1,557 names. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified.
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