Randall Cemetery Explained

Randall Cemetery
Country:United States
Location:Corner of Lower Main Street and Desert Road
Freeport, Maine
Coordinates:43.8433°N -70.1184°W
Wikidata:yes
Zoom:12
Type:Private
Graves:17
Findagraveid:2229851

Randall Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Freeport, Maine, United States. Located at the corner of Lower Main Street (U.S. Route 1) and Desert Road, it contains seventeen headstones, the earliest dating to 1831. The small plot contains pine trees both in and around its low dry stone wall.[1]

The cemetery was part of the Randall family farm, run by Isaac (1770–1850) and Mercy Randall (1776–1840), a site now occupied by a Shaw's grocery store.[2] The farm house and buildings were on the Shaw's side of the street, then a dirt track, while a barn stood on the opposite side of today's Lower Main Street. All the buildings were demolished when construction on the ramps to and from Interstate 295 began.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Queen . Kylie. There's a Secret Cemetery in Freeport, Maine. Have You Noticed It? . 2022-07-05 . Q97.9 . en.
  2. Web site: Bryan . Shannon . 2011-10-27 . It’s a plot . 2022-07-05 . Press Herald.
  3. Book: Perkins, Don . The Barns of Maine: Our History, Our Stories . 2012 . 9781614236870.