Riverside Cemetery (Yarmouth, Maine)

Riverside Cemetery is a historic cemetery in the American town of Yarmouth, Maine.[1] Several prominent early business owners, sea captains and other townspeople are buried in the cemetery, including Leon Gorman. Although it was founded in 1869,[1] it has graves dating to the 1700s.[2] The cemetery's oldest burials are on the northern side; the more recent ones are on the southern side. A long driveway separates the two.

Riverside Cemetery
Inside the gate, looking east. Holy Cross Cemetery is at the end of this driveway.
Shown within Maine
Details
Established1869 (1869)
Location
Smith Street
Yarmouth, Maine
CountryUnited States
Coordinates43.793422°N 70.171429°W / 43.793422; -70.171429
Owned byTown of Yarmouth
Size12 acres (4.9 ha)
Websitehttps://www.riversidecemeteryme.com/
Find a GraveRiverside Cemetery

Of all burials at the cemetery between 2018 and 2020, 65% were burials of cremated remains.[2]

Holy Cross, a Catholic cemetery, is attached to Riverside to the east. They both sit about 50 feet (15 m) above the Royal River,[3] immediately to the north.

Notable burials
  • Doctor Augustus Hannibal Burbank (1823–1895),[4] former treasurer of Yarmouth Aqueduct Company.[5] He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1843 and studied medicine at Harvard University, receiving his MD in 1847. He returned to Yarmouth and entered general practice. He an early president of North Yarmouth Academy while Charles Chesley Springer (1851–1922) was a principal; their friendship resulted in the two families sharing a plot at Riverside Cemetery.[1]

References
  1. Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936: A History, William Hutchison Rowe (1937)
  2. "Cremation garden grows at Yarmouth’s Riverside Cemetery" – Portland Press Herald, July 27, 2021
  3. Elevation Finder – FreeMapTools.com
  4. "Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin, Volumes 1-6"
  5. Water Works History - "Yarmouth, Maine"


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