North Bellingham Cemetery and Oak Hill Cemetery explained

North Bellingham Cemetery and Oak Hill Cemetery
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Location:Bellingham, Massachusetts
Coordinates:42.1169°N -71.4594°W
Added:September 25, 2012
Refnum:12000819

The North Bellingham Cemetery and Oak Hill Cemetery are a pair of adjacent cemeteries in Bellingham, Massachusetts. They are located on the north side of Hartford Avenue (Massachusetts Route 126) a short way east of its junction with Interstate 495. The municipally-owned North Bellingham Cemetery is a roughly 1acres plot, and is the oldest cemetery in the town, holding the graves of many of the town's founders. Its earliest recorded burial was in 1712, and the last was in 1888. Oak Hill Cemetery, a still-active cemetery, is a privately owned 2.5acres parcel established in 1849. The two cemeteries combine to show the full range of changing funerary tastes from colonial days to the present.[1]

The cemeteries were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for North Bellingham Cemetery and Oak Hill Cemetery. 2014-02-27.