Oak Grove Cemetery (Bath, Maine)

Oak Grove Cemetery
Range 1 at Oak Grove Cemetery, looking south
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Oak Grove Avenue
Bath, Maine
CountryUnited States
Coordinates43°55′28″N 69°49′50″W / 43.9243558°N 69.8304209°W / 43.9243558; -69.8304209
TypePublic municipal
Owned byCity of Bath[1]
Find a GraveOak Grove Cemetery

Oak Grove Cemetery (originally the Sewall Burying Ground)[2] is an historic cemetery located in Bath, Maine. Its oldest headstone bears the date January 22, 1777.[2] The cemetery was purchased from the heirs of Charles Sewall in 1872.[2]

The cemetery is situated on Oak Grove Avenue near Maple Grove Cemetery. These cemeteries are considered two of Bath's "big three", the other one being Calvary Cemetery,[3] just north of downtown.

A portion of the cemetery close to Oak Grove Avenue is given to the Jewish Beth Israel Cemetery. It contains 96 burial spaces.[4]

Whiskeag Trail traverses a portion of the cemetery, crossing Old Brunswick Road at its southern boundary.[5] It crosses the cemetery's bridge that spans the Rockland Branch railroad.