Old Settlers’ Burying Ground

The Old Settlers' Burying Ground is an historic cemetery off Main Street in southern Lancaster, Massachusetts. Established by 1674, it is the town's oldest formal cemetery, its burials including family members of many early settlers.

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Type: Cemetery
Description: cemetery in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Also known as: “Old Settler’s Burial Yard”, “Old Settlers Burial Field”, “Old Settlers Cemetery”, “Old Settlers‘ Burial Field”, and “Old Settlers‘ Burying Ground”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Middle Cemetery and Atherton Bridge.

Middle Cemetery

Cemetery

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The Middle Cemetery is an historic cemetery on Main Street in southern Lancaster, Massachusetts. Established in 1798, it is the town's third oldest cemetery, with active burials taking place until 1969. Middle Cemetery is situated 660 feet west of Old Settlers’ Burying Ground.

Atherton Bridge

Bridge

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The Atherton Bridge is a historic iron truss bridge in Lancaster, Massachusetts, spanning the South Branch of the Nashua River. It is a rare example of a hybrid pony truss that is similar to the 19th century truss design of Simeon S. Atherton Bridge is situated 1,500 feet south of Old Settlers’ Burying Ground.

First Church of Christ

Church

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The First Church of Christ, Unitarian, also known as First Church in Lancaster and colloquially as "the Bulfinch Meetinghouse", is a historic congregation with its meeting house located at 725 Main Street facing the Common in Lancaster, Massachusetts. First Church of Christ is situated 3,100 feet north of Old Settlers’ Burying Ground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lancaster and South Lancaster.

Lancaster

Village

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Clinton is in Massachusetts. This is a large town in Worcester County with a number of small settlements in the area, including Berlin, Lancaster, Boylston, Bolton and Sterling.

South Lancaster

Suburb

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South Lancaster is a census-designated place in the town of Lancaster and close to the Town of Clinton in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,642 at the 2020 census.

Clinton

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Clinton is in Massachusetts. This is a large town in Worcester County with a number of small settlements in the area, including Berlin, Lancaster, Boylston, Bolton and Sterling.

Old Settlers’ Burying Ground

Category: burial
Location: Town of Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.44888° or 42° 26′ 56″ north

Longitude

-71.67329° or 71° 40′ 24″ west

Elevation

243 feet (74 metres)

Open location code

87JCC8XG+HM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 861288739

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

4946302

Wikidata ID

Q85790529

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