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Dent Family Cemetery
Newtown, Charles County

Cemetery:       Dent Family Cemetery
Other:          n/a
Sign:           Yes
Street:         Bel Alton/Newtown Road and Highway 6
City:           Newtown
Township:       n/a
County:         Charles
State:          Maryland
Zip:            n/a
lat_ns:         N
lat_h:         
lat_mmss:      
long_ew:        W
long_h:        
long_mmss:     
Status:         Abandoned
Size:           Small
Directions:     From LaPlata, go about 4 miles southeast/east on Highway 6 until you reach Bel Alton Newtown Road.  The cemetery is about 150 southeast of the road intersection.
Type:           Road-public
Location:       Rural
Terrain:        Level
Watersource:    No
Features:       Trees and Thorn bushes
Property:       Private
Access:         Permission-required
Enclosure:      Fence
Gate:           Locks
Established:    1817
Gravestones:    4
Oldest:         1817
Newest:         1890
Removed:        Yes
Relocated:      No
Repairs:        No
Methods:       
Restoration:    No
Association:    No
Records:        Yes
Inventory:      Yes
Availability:   Charles County Historical Society
Landscaping:    Yes
Paths:          No
Trees:          Yes6
Crypts:         No
Fencing:        Yes
Brickwork:      No
Ironwork:       No
Sculpture:      No
Fountains:      No
Roads:          No
Buildings:      No
Cement:         No
Granite:        Yes
Marble:         No
Native:         No
Slate:          No
Others:         No
Wood:           No
Materials:      No
Architectural:  No
Angels:         No
Draperies:      No
Fraternal:      No
Hands:          No
Lambs:          No
Monograms:      No
Plants:         No
Photos:         No
Religious:      No
Scrollwork:     Yes
Urns:           No
Carvings:       No
Condition:     
Unmarked:       No
Broken:         Yes
Toppled:        Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried:         No
Weather:        Yes
Pollution:      Yes
Vandalized:     No
Report:        
VA1:           
VA2:           
VA3:           
VA4:           
VA5:           
Overgrowth:    
Overgrowth1:   
Overgrowth2:    Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth3:    Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth4:    Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover:   
Moss:          
Vines:          Yes
Drainage:       Good
Problem1:      
Problem2:       Apathy
Owner:          Cemetery
Use:            Dumping
Bordering:      Residential
Change:         Same
Reason:        
Visited:        Rarely
Archeology:     No
Habitat:        No
Contacted:      Charles County Historical Planning Committee
Name:           Anne Braun
Email:          a_nnieb1961@comcast.net
Date:           January 7, 2005

Surnames:

Dent

Other_Information:

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