Forest City Cemetery

Cemetery in South Portland, Maine, US

Forest City Cemetery

Details
Established| 1858
Location|

South Portland, Maine

Country| United States
Owned by| City of Portland
Size| 12 acres (4.9 ha)
No. of graves| ~30,000
Website| City of Portland – Forest City Cemetery
Find a Grave| Forest City Cemetery

Forest City Cemetery is a 97-acre (39 ha) cemetery in South Portland, Maine, owned and operated by the adjacent city of Portland. There are approximately 30,000 burials in the cemetery. Its burial records are kept at Evergreen Cemetery in Portland.[1]

When the land was purchased in 1858, it cost the city $50,000. The first plot was established later that year; however, the oldest grave found in the cemetery is that of Sara Strout, who died in 1810. Her grave is the only lasting grave that is legible amongst the slate graves in the tree line.[2]

As of 1870, the cemetery had 24 burials of American Civil War veterans.[3] It also contains one Commonwealth war grave, of a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve seaman of World War I.[4]

In April 2016, the cemetery was vandalized. Four headstones were overturned and a number of others damaged.[5]

## References

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Specific

1. ^ Forest City Cemetery Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine City of Portland
2. ^ The history of the City of Portland, 1632–1864 by William Willis via GoogleBooks
3. ^ American Military Cemeteries p. 330
4. ^ [1] CWGC Casualty record.
5. ^ Highfield, Courtney (April 17, 2016). "Vandals break headstones, lights in South Portland cemetery". Retrieved 18 April 2016.

General

* U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Forest City Cemetery

43°38′00″N 70°16′46″W﻿ / ﻿43.6334161°N 70.2794926°W﻿ / 43.6334161; -70.2794926
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