Westlawn Cemetery (Westford, Massachusetts)
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Historic cemetery in Massachusetts, United States
United States historic place
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| Location | Westford, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°34′16″N 71°28′2″W / 42.57111°N 71.46722°W / 42.57111; -71.46722 |
| Area | 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) |
| Built | 1895 |
| NRHP reference No. | 04001433[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 5, 2005 |
Westlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Concord Road at Country Road in Westford, Massachusetts.
Established in 1761 as the West Burying Ground, it is one of the town's oldest cemeteries. It occupies a roughly triangular plot of 1.7 acres (0.69 ha). There are approximately 400 marked burials, generally laid out in rows running east–west. One of its most prominent burials is that of Colonel John Robinson, who led Westford's minutemen in the 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord.[2]
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Westlawn Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
