Western Cemetery, Portland, Maine

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About

Western Cemetery is located in the West End neighborhood of Portland, Maine, along Vaughn Street and the Western Promenade. It is the city's second oldest cemetery and was Portland's primary burial ground from 1829 until 1852, when Evergreen Cemetery was established. All cemetery records were destroyed during the 1866 Great Fire that destroyed most of the city, so nobody is certain how many people are buried in Western Cemetery, but there are estimated to be around 6,600 interments.

Notable burials include Stephen Longfellow, father of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Prentiss Mellen, first Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Court.

This free space page for Western Cemetery is part of WikiTree's Maine Cemeteries Project, and was created to document the life and times of our ancestors that are interred there. The Maine Cemeteries Project is a subproject of the larger U.S. Cemeteries Project.

Contact Information and Location

Address and Phone
Western Promenade & Vaughn Street
Portland, Maine 04102
(919) 266 - 4076

To Do List

Project members are needed to:

Assist with data-gathering and photographs. Data and photographs will be listed in the Table of Interments.

Link to existing WikiTree profiles or create new profiles for each person listed in the Table of Interments. When complete, everyone listed in the Table of Interments will be linked to their own WikiTree profile, and to a photo of their grave marker. The profile you create for a person can include other genealogical and biographical information, additional photos, and a listing of sources for documentation.

Validate links and transcription information. Profile and photo links and transcribed information needs to be cross-checked to ensure accuracy.

Add factual information to the cemetery space page. If you have any additional information about the cemetery, please feel free to edit the page!

Table of Interments