Cemeteries in South Portland, Maine

Bayview cemetery Originally an old Quaker Burying Ground.

781 Sawyer Street **Search for your ancestors in Bayview Cemetery. Transcription

done by Mandy Browne

Brown’s Hill Cemetery Brown’s Hill Church (now the First United Methodist Church)

179 Ridgeland Avenue was dedicated in 1868, adjoining it was Brown’s Hill Cemetery.

It is rarely used now.

Calvary Cemetery Dedicated on August 8, 1858. The new Calvary section was dedicated

1461 Broadway June 24,1927.

Forest City Cemetery Started by Thatcher Post number 11, Grand Army of the Republic of

232 Lincoln Street Portland in 1903.

Highland Memorial Cemetery In 1925 a private corporation known as the Highland

881 Highland Avenue Cemetery Association was formed to create a public

cemetery located on Highland Avenue. Due to

financial problems, the association broke apart and

the cemetery was neglected. In 1976 the South

Portland Lions Club cleaned up the cemetery as a

community project. They decided to continue with

the upkeep and gained control of the cemetery

in 1985.

**To search through population census of

Highland Memorial click here. (Through home

Page of the city of South Portland.)

Jewish Cemetery Around the turn of the century a number of Jewish families purchased Smith Street a small section of land for a cemetery. It was the first Jewish Burial

Ground in the area.

Mount Pleasant Cemetery In 1734 a meeting house was built in the southwestern corner of what

258 Cottage Road is now Mount Pleasant Cemetery. A burial ground was created

around the church. This was the beginning of the present day First

Congregational Church and today the cemetery is taken care of by the

Mount Pleasant Cemetery Corporation.

Old Settler’s Cemetery

Fort Road South Portland’s oldest landmark (1658).

(Southern Maine Community College)

Skillin Cemetery

Running Hill Road

Wescott Cemetery

Marcelle Avenue

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