{{short description|Historic cemetery in North Carolina, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Faison Cemetery | nrhp_type = | image = Faison Cemetery.jpg | caption = Northern side of the cemetery | location= East Main St. (NC 403), Faison, North Carolina | coordinates = {{coord|35|6|56|N|78|7|57|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = North Carolina#USA | built = {{Start date|1788}} | architect OR builder = | added = April 19, 2006 | area = {{convert|2.3|acre}} | mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500357|title=Duplin County MPS}} | refnum = 06000291<ref name=nris>{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }}
'''Faison Cemetery''' is a historic cemetery located at Faison, Duplin County, North Carolina. The cemetery includes approximately 320 marked graves with the oldest dating to 1788. The cemetery began as the Faison family burial ground and officially became the community cemetery for the white population in 1892.<ref name = nrhpinv>{{Cite web | author = Janet K. Seapker| title =Faison Cemetery| work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = January 2006| url = https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/DP0558.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2014-10-01}}</ref>
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.<ref name="nris"/>
US Congressman John M. Faison (1862–1915) is buried there.
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==External links== * {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina}}
Category:Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Category:1788 establishments in North Carolina Category:Buildings and structures in Duplin County, North Carolina Category:National Register of Historic Places in Duplin County, North Carolina Category:Faison family