Oak Grove Cemetery (Bath, Maine)

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Oak Grove Cemetery
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Range 1 at Oak Grove Cemetery, looking south
Oak Grove Cemetery (Bath, Maine)
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Location
Oak Grove Avenue
Bath, Maine
Country United States
Coordinates 43°55′28″N69°49′50″W / 43.9243558°N 69.8304209°W / 43.9243558; -69.8304209
TypePublic municipal
Owned byCity of Bath [1]
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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]

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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.

Notable burials

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