Vine Lake Cemetery

Vine Lake Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Main Street in . First established in 1651, this 32-acre cemetery has grown and evolved over the centuries, and remains the town's only public cemetery.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dwight–Derby House and First Parish Unitarian Church.

Museum
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
The is at 7 Frairy Street in . The Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory took samples of the house frame in 2007 and determined that the earliest, southwest portion of the house was built in 1697, and an addition was built to the east in 1713. is situated 2,100 feet east of Vine Lake Cemetery.

Place of worship
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The , now the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Medfield, is a historic church on North Street in . is situated 2,400 feet east of Vine Lake Cemetery.

Museum
Heritage Center is a historic site located in . According to tradition, the original house was built in 1651 by Benjamin Clark, was burned during the King Philip's War on February 21, 1676, and was rebuilt ca. is situated 1 mile east of Vine Lake Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Medfield and Millis.

is a town of 13,000 people in . was first settled by Anglo-Americans in 1649 after the land was taken from the Neponset Native Americans.

Town
Franklin is a city of 37,000 in . Bellingham is a town with a population of 17,000. Birthplace of noted author William Taylor Adams, also known as Oliver Optic. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Vine Lake Cemetery.

is a town in , United States. Town, as the Census refers to it, is located approximately 18 miles south of downtown , , and 30 miles north of .

Vine Lake Cemetery

Latitude
42.18674° or 42° 11′ 12″ north
Longitude
-71.31565° or 71° 18′ 56″ west
Elevation
180 feet (55 metres)
Inception
1651
Operator
Town of Medfield Cemetery Commission
Open location code
87JC5MPM+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29819341
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­cemetery
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
4953934
Wiki­data ID
Q7932377
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