Wright Cemetery in Westford, Massachusetts

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Get directions Groton Road (Rte 40) near North Street
Westford, Massachusetts 01886 United States

Coordinates: 42.60915, -71.46681
www.westfordma.gov/1055/Cemetery-Department
(978) 692-5526
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This slightly elevated cemetery was originally a private cemetery for the Wright and Gould families, farmers in the territory since the early 18th century. Burials may have occurred as early as 1819, and certainly by 1827. Westford granted Bela Wright, a 39-year old farmer and veteran of the War of 1812, permission to use this private burial ground on his land in 1836. Westford overtook supervision of its fourth cemetery in 1921. Another four acres were added from the adjoining Gould-Picking Farm in 1997.

The tallest marker, a 10-foot gray granite obelisk, marks the plot for War of 1812 veteran Joel Wright (1782-1834) and his wife Sally. Wright Cemetery joined Fairview, Hillside, and Westlawn on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.