A version of the following article appeared in the September 18, 2026, edition of The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with local business-y news and insights for Charlotte, N.C.
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🪦 Grave concerns: New committee digs into Charlotte’s forgotten cemeteries
The Historic Landmarks Commission plans to document the county’s burial grounds, especially small family cemeteries. (Photo: Lawrence Toppman for The Charlotte Ledger)
by Ashley Fahey
Some of Mecklenburg County’s oldest burial grounds are at risk of being forgotten amid Charlotte’s development boom — or even erased. Now, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission is working to find and document them before they disappear.
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