# Faison Cemetery
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{{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](/source/Faison%2C_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[{{NRISref|version=2010a}}]
}}
'''Faison Cemetery''' is a historic [cemetery](/source/cemetery) located at [Faison](/source/Faison%2C_North_Carolina), [Duplin County, North Carolina](/source/Duplin_County%2C_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.[{{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}}]
It was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 2006.