Falmouth (Maine) Cemeteries
Many of these cemeteries are small, family plots on private property.
Information has been collected by volunteers who have copied information from the stones.
There is a map at the Falmouth Library that pinpoints the location of these cemeteries.
Adams/Field Cemetery Field Road
Baker, Fanny: end of Eureka Rd. - on Zacharias Farm
Batchelder Cemetery - See Pleasant Hill Cemetery Blanchard Cemetery: 215 Winn Road Crabtree/Hobbs - Leighton Crossing, West Falmouth
Field (Watts) Cemetery: 145 Field Road Foreside Community Church Cemetery: 340 Foreside Road, Rte. 88
Early mariners including Titcomb, York, and Taylor families. Also known as New Casco Cemetery.
Green Cemetery Hardy Road Cemetery (Leighton-Staples): end of Hardy Road near Westbrook Line
Highland Lake Cemetery - Duck Pond Corner. Road beside brick house, opposite Methodist Rd. on 302
Huston Cemetery: 96 Mast Road
Huston Ground: 85 Winn Road
Knight Cemetery: see Batchelder Cemetery
Lambert Cemetery: upper Stage Coach Road
Lambert, Carter, Babbidge, Hussey families
Latham Cemetery: see Blanchard
Leighton Tombs: off Hardy Road
Leighton Cemetery: 84 Brook Road
Hicks, Bodkin, Leighton families
Leighton Family Cemetery: 413 Blackstrap Road Lord- Lowell Cemetery: Lowell Farm Road -off Mast Road Lord Cemetery 680 Duck Pond Rd. near Highland Lake in Westbrook Lunt Cemetery near Pride's Corner on Rte. 302 in Westbrook Marston Cemetery 202 Falmouth Rd.
Marston, Merrill, Prince families Marston Cemetery : Gray Road (Rte 26/100) 1 mile north of Mountain Road (near Smith Farm) McGregor Cemetery : Falmouth Road Merrill Graveyard : Woodville Road Merrill-Knight Cemetery : Allen Ave. Ext. or Falmouth Road overlooking Presumpscot River
Methodist Cemetery (Poplar Ridge Cemetery) now in Cumberland.near 40 Blackstrap Road
Winslow, Wilson, Morrell, Purington, Snell, Leighton families. Packard Cemetery : 139 Brook Road
Packard, Leighton, Hardy, Pearson, Donnell families Pine Grove Cemetery : Rte 88 & Waites Landing Rd.
Early settlers including Bucknam, Moody, Knight, Batchelder, Hobbs & other families. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Cobb, Colley, Knight, Marston, Dobbins, Adams, Huston, Bachelder, Waite, Wilder & other families. Quaker Cemetery : 29 Blackstrap Road between Rte 95 overpass and Presumpscot River.
Winslow, Knight, Lowell, Snell families. Most stones now missing. St. Mary's Cemetery : Behind St. Mary's Church & adjacent to Pine Grove Cemetery
Staples Cemetery : Hardy Road, 300 yards south of Leighton Staples Cemetery
Watts Family Cemetery : see Field Cemetery
Whitney Farm Cemetery : Blackstrap Road on power line
For more information about these cemeteries, contact the Falmouth Library or the Historical Society of Falmouth.
The population was 1,511.
There were 12 school "districts" spread throughout the town with 463 students registered.
The length of the school year was 29 weeks.
Teachers were paid between $99 and $268 per year.
Real estate was valued at $1,036,287.
Rate of taxation was $1.13 per $100.
Poll tax was $2.00. Town Budget included:
$2,200 was budgeted for a new town house and fireproof vault, $2,000 for the schools, $150 for textbooks, and $400 for repair of school buildings, $400 for repair of bridges and culverts, $800 for snow removal. $2000 for highways.
At the town meeting on March 5, 1900, citizens voted to establish a free high school.
Chronology
1632 Approximate date of first settlement in what is presently Falmouth, Maine by Arthur Mackworth (at what is presently called Mackworth Island.) 1658 The area around Casco Bay first became known as "Falmouth" and was the 7th town incorporated in Maine. 1700 New Casco Fort and trading post built. 1703 Fort attacked by 500 French and Indians. Saved by arrival of province ship. Fort demolished by order of the Governor of Massachusetts in 1716. 1718, November 11. With the end of the Indian Wars, Falmouth was reorganized and officially incorporated into the town, which included present-day Portland, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Westbrook, as well as Falmouth. 1759 First bridge built across the Presumpscot River at Smelt Hill. 1765, Nov. 1 Cape Elizabeth (and what would become South Portland) area set off. 1786, July 4 Portland area breaks off from Falmouth. 1814, Feb. 14 Stroudwater(Westbrook) area breaks off from Falmouth. 1821 Bridge built across the Presumpscot River at Staple’s Point. Jan. 31, 1825 & February 24, 1835, March 21, 1836, March 25, 1853; Adjustments of boundaries with Westbrook. Parts of Westbrook were annexed in 1828, 1831. 1828 First bridge built across the Presumpscot River at Martin’s Point. 1846 The Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad goes through. 1853 Tower at Blackstrap Hill built as an observation post. It toppled in 1909. 1898 Trolley car service established which lasted until 1933. 1899 Open Air Theatre built in the Underwood Springs (burned down in 1907) 1900 Piscataqua Village Improvement Society Library had 530 volumes. 1934 First high school class graduated. 1935 First school bus acquired. 1941 Lunt School built and there were 2 school buses 1943 Mackworth Island given to the state as a wildlife refuge and a place for children. 1946-1976 Hurricane Ski Slope on Blackstrap Road. 1950 Lions Club organized 1952, May 1 Falmouth Memorial Library opened. 1961, October Town adopted a council-manager charter. 1965 Junior High School built. 1995 Falmouth Memorial Library opens with 7,000 square feet of new space. 1996 Town Hall renovated. 2001 New High School opens.Return to top
Geography
N 43° 44' & W 70 ° 14’
The town is 9 miles long and 4 miles wide.
The highest elevations are at Poplar Ridge (480') and Blackstrap Mountain (504').
Rivers/Streams/Lakes
Chenery's Brook
Hall's Brook
Hobbs Brook
Mill Creek
Presumpscot River
Highland Lake (Duck Pond)
Piscataqua River
East Piscataqua River
Lady's Cove Creek
Meader Brook
Norton's Brook
Scitterygusset Creek
Wedes Brook
Built in 1923 at site of former Piscataqua School in West Falmouth. Once housed the Harold G. Wright branch library. Razed in 1981.
Oak Grove Academy
Middle Road
Built in 1833 as the Falmouth Academy and was the first high school in Falmouth. Renamed Oak Grove Academy when it was moved in the 1850's. Now the Presumpscot Lodge, I.O.O.F. Hall.
Old D.W. Lunt School
14 Falmouth Road
Built in 1867. Now private business.
Pine Grove School
Rte. 88
Now a child care center.
Piscataqua School (West Falmouth School)
Winn Road
Built in 1830.Moved and replaced by Huston School in 1923. Now private residence.
Underwood School
Foreside Road
Built in 1916. No longer in existence
Currently in Use:
Plummer-Motz School: Corner of Middle Road and Lunt Road. Former high school. Now used for upper elementary grades.
Lunt School: Lunt Road: Currently in use for primary grades.
Falmouth High School: Woodville Road
Falmouth Middle School: Woodville Road
Baxter School for the Deaf: Mackworth Island
See also the Falmouth School District's website: www.falmouthschools.org
