Old Burying Point Cemetery

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historic cemetery tourist attraction

Old Burying Point Cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in the United States, located in Salem, Massachusetts, and is notable for its 17th-century graves and ties to early colonial and witch trial history.

Aliases (1)

Old Burial Point Cemetery ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic cemetery → tourist attraction →
alsoKnownAs	Charter Street Cemetery → Old Burial Point Cemetery →
associatedWithEvent	Salem witch trials →
associatedWithPeriod	17th century → early colonial period →
burialPlaceOf	Bartholomew Gedney → John Hathorne → Jonathan Corwin family members → Mary Corey → Richard More → Samuel McIntire → early Salem settlers →
coordinateSystem	geographic coordinates →
country	United States →
era	Colonial America →
hasAdjacentSite	Salem Witch Trials Memorial →
hasApproximateLatitude	42.521 →
hasApproximateLongitude	-70.892 →
hasNotableFeature	17th-century gravestones → Puritan funerary art → table tombs → winged skull motifs → witch trial era burials →
hasSignificance	example of early New England burial ground → important site for Salem witch trials history → oldest cemetery in Salem, Massachusetts → one of the oldest cemeteries in the United States →
heritageDesignation	historic site →
inception	1637 →
locatedIn	Essex County, Massachusetts → Massachusetts → New England → North America → Salem, Massachusetts →
locatedOnStreet	Charter Street →
openToPublic	true →
operatedBy	City of Salem →
ownedBy	City of Salem →
partOf	Salem Historic District →
subjectOf	Salem witch trial themed tours → historic walking tours →
touristAttractionType	heritage tourism site →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charter Street Cemetery → Old Burying Point Cemetery ("Old Burial Point Cemetery") →	alsoKnownAs
Salem Common →	hasNearbyLandmark
Salem Witch Trials Memorial →	locatedNear