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Mann Cemetery

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201: 186:, who purchased property, on the adjacent Marietta Lane, for their paddling center from a Mann family relative thirteen years earlier. The construction meant the "centuries-old" tote road that was used to access the cemetery had to be dug up to install drainage. While Mann Cemetery Association, which was established in 2011, had a secondary access road, it was through a private gated road that was only opened to the public in late 2018. 225: 213: 29: 178:
There are around 160 burials, most in unmarked graves. Dozens of blue plastic markers denote what are believed to be burials. The Mann family plot is surrounded by barbed wire, outside of which members of at least ten other families are buried.
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Residents and descendants of those interred in the cemetery demanded that L.L. Bean rebuild the track to re-establish public access to the cemetery.
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This formerly private access road was opened to the public in 2018. It is approximately 0.6 miles to the cemetery from Lower Flying Point Road
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1750 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay
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The blue markers denote what are believed to be burials
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Freeport, Maine
Coordinates
43°50′00″N 70°02′59″W / 43.83333°N 70.04972°W / 43.83333; -70.04972
Find a Grave
Mann Cemetery
Freeport, Maine
L.L.Bean
This formerly private access road was opened to the public in 2018. It is approximately 0.6 miles to the cemetery from Lower Flying Point Road
The known burial locations
The entrance on Lower Flying Point Road




"L.L. Bean in dispute over access road to old cemetery in Freeport"
Portland Press Herald
Mann Cemetery
Find A Grave
Categories
Cemeteries in Cumberland County, Maine
Protected areas of Cumberland County, Maine
1750 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay
Buildings and structures in Freeport, Maine
Cemeteries established in the 18th century

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