National Register of Historic Places

Neck of Land Cemetery

Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Listed
July 9, 1985
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
85001530

About this property

The Neck of Land Cemetery is a small historic cemetery on Summer Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. Established in 1687 near the confluence of the Mill and Taunton Rivers, it was the city's first cemetery. Most of its graves predate 1800; there are four burials before 1700, including two children. The cemetery is a roughly rectangular plot, about 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) in size, on the south side of Summer Street, between Prospect and West Summer Streets. The most significant individual buried in the cemetery is Taunton founder and first female colonial land claimer Elizabeth Poole. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Location

Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
41.89790, -71.08546

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When was Neck of Land Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Neck of Land Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 9, 1985.

What type of historic resource is Neck of Land Cemetery?

Neck of Land Cemetery is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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