Oak Grove Cemetery | |
Country: | United States |
Location: | Oak Grove Avenue Bath, Maine |
Type: | Public municipal |
Owner: | City of Bath[1] |
Findagraveid: | 90311 |
Oak Grove Cemetery (originally the Sewall Burying Ground)[2] is an historic cemetery located in Bath, Maine. Its oldest headstone bears the date January 22, 1777.[2] The cemetery was purchased from the heirs of Charles Sewall in 1872.[2]
The cemetery is situated on Oak Grove Avenue near Maple Grove Cemetery. These cemeteries are considered two of Bath's "big three", the other one being Calvary Cemetery,[3] just north of downtown.
A portion of the cemetery close to Oak Grove Avenue is given to the Jewish Beth Israel Cemetery. It contains 96 burial spaces.[4]
Whiskeag Trail traverses a portion of the cemetery, crossing Old Brunswick Road at its southern boundary.[5] It crosses the cemetery's bridge that spans the Rockland Branch railroad.