Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground

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Nearest city Wrightstown, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°2′40″N74°38′30″W / 40.04444°N 74.64167°W / 40.04444; -74.64167
Built1727
NRHP reference No. 79001479 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 24, 1979

Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground is a cemetery located in Springfield Township and Wrightstown, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

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The cemetery and the accompanying meeting house were placed on both the New Jersey (state ID # 875) and the National Register of Historic Places (Reference # 79001479) in 1979. [2]

Notable burials

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office, updated August 6, 2007. Accessed August 25, 2007.
  3. Thomas newbold, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed August 26, 2007.
  4. George Sykes, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed October 4, 2023.