Northampton State Hospital Burial Grounds in Northampton, Massachusetts

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Get directions Off Burts Pit Road
Northampton, Massachusetts 01060 United States

Coordinates: 42.31694, -72.65636
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Used between 1858 and 1921 for patients with no family to claim them. The markers are no longer visible; the area is used as a hayfield. No map or plot book has been found. A 1997 DMH study from existing records confirmed 181 burials with 413 more possible (disposition "Northampton" or left blank). DMH will not release the names of those interred here.

There is a bench surrounded by two yews. Plaque on one side of bench, "State Hospital Burial Grounds 1858-1921, Rest in Peace"; plaque on other side, "Dedicated in memory of those individuals known and unknown interred on this hillside. Bench erected 1959 by William J. Goggins, Jr Northampton State Hospital. Restored 2002 Northampton Historical Commission".

As of December 2014, the bench has been sawed into pieces and the plaques have been stolen by vandals.

Accessible from either walking trail from parking lot next to Community Gardens, but left one (up the hill) is a shorter walk; take right hand trail at branch after the old gate.