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Carrollton Cemetery No. 1, also known as Green Street Cemetery, was founded in 1849 to serve the once-independent city of Carrollton, decades before it became part of New Orleans in 1874. Designed like many historic cemeteries in the city, it features above-ground tombs, family vaults, and sunken walkways due to the area’s high water table. Located at Hillary and Adams Street in Uptown New Orleans, it was one of the earliest public burial grounds for this neighborhood. Though not as famous as St