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197: 185: 169:. Established around 1793, the cemetery was the burial ground for those who lived in the area until 1898, when it was declared inactive. It is now located behind Presumpscot Elementary School and is bordered to the east by main line of the 334: 240: 71: 324: 329: 271: 222: 162: 173:. Largely forgotten for decades, community members began reclaiming the space and it was officially re-dedicated in 2014. 64: 304: 196: 309: 184: 170: 277: 267: 300: 166: 48: 125: 318: 132: 310:
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grand Trunk Cemetery
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Early Gravestones in Southern Maine: The Genius of Bartlett Adams
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Historic cemetery in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, US
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Portland, Maine
Coordinates
43°41′03″N 70°15′29″W / 43.6842791°N 70.2579418°W / 43.6842791; -70.2579418
Website
Find a Grave
Grand Trunk Cemetery
cemetery
East Deering neighborhood
Portland, Maine
Grand Trunk Railway
Circa 2020
Circa 2018
"One of Portland's historic cemeteries brought back from ruin"
"Historic cemetery reclaimed in Portland, Maine – The Boston Globe"
ISBN
978-1467136396
OCLC
945745709
Remnant: Grand Trunk Cemetery Reclamation Project
Grand Trunk Cemetery collection, 2010–2015
Maine Historical Society
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grand Trunk Cemetery
Categories
Cemeteries in Portland, Maine
1793 establishments in Maine
Cemeteries established in the 1790s

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