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Pine Grove Cemetery (Leominster, Massachusetts)

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vehicles) on the north, south, and west sides. The western (Main Street) entrance is for pedestrians only, while the other two have normally locked wrought iron gates. Vehicular circulation is by two grassy (formerly cobbled) roads that run roughly north-south, one of them connecting the north and south gates. Burials in the cemetery, in addition to early settlers and business leaders, include a number of
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was built in 1741, and the cemetery was laid out the following year. The meeting house was torn down in 1774, after a new one was built near the modern city center. The cemetery was enlarged in 1776, and again in the 1820s to reach its present size of three acres (1.2 ha). It was the city's
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The cemetery is located about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) northeast of downtown Leominster, east of Main Street and south of Tremaine Street. It is roughly rectangular in shape, and is generally level, with a steep rise only near its northern entrance. There are entrances (none accessible to public
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only cemetery until 1840, when Evergreen Cemetery was opened to its northeast. It is the resting place for most of Leominster's early settlers, and for many of its 18th and 19th century political and business leaders.
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Leominster was settled in the early 18th century as part of
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Pine Grove Cemetery (Leominster, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
Pine Grove Cemetery (Leominster, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
Leominster, Massachusetts
42°31′52″N 71°45′19″W / 42.53111°N 71.75528°W / 42.53111; -71.75528
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cemetery
Leominster, Massachusetts
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Lancaster
colonial meeting house
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