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Old Hampden Cemetery is on Chapin Road.

It is from 1755.

The tomb is in the NW corner.

CORBIN collection has a lot of data on the burials.

Adams Cemetery is on Tinkham Road off of Main Street.

It is from 1736 and was originally in Springfield’s Fourth Precinct.

It was at first called Wilbraham Old Yard – Center Cemetery.

The Adams Cemetery Hearse House is now at 450 Main Street.

The Adams House (for the deacon) is at 685 Main Street.

Elizabeth Cockril was the first burial – FINDGRAVE

In the Afro-American section there is Caesar Mirick and Joseph Cutt

Second District Schoolhouse

Built in 1855 to replace the wooden school.

Holy Trinity Church of Chicopee was at 75 Cochran Street in Chicopee Falls. It was founded in about 1926 as an Episcopal Church and existed until 1945. It then joined with St James of Springfield and became St Luke’s. The church is still there but is now a home with a large yard.

Elm Grove Cemetery in Montague

This is a neighborhood style cemetery with over 1000 burials within it. James Mathews who died at Gettysburg has a cenothaph there. FINDAGRAVE

Obed Taylor

East Mineral Road Cemetery in Montague is a town owned neighborhood cemetery that has over a hundred burials. It is found on East Mineral Road. It is at 42.58105, -72.50863. It is about 450 feet NE of the Millers Falls Road. It is on the left as one goes north.

The first burial is a young boy who died in 1808 at one year old. His name is William Phillips. FINDAGRAVE

Chestnut Hill Cemetery in Montague Massachusetts is on West Chestnut Hill Road. I has a neighborhood style cemetery look to it. It is owned by the town. There are about 60 burials within it. Most burials are fromn 1803 to 1925. Coordinates are 42.52280, -72.48220. It is located about 800 feet west of the junction with East Chestnut Hill Road on the northern tip of the road.

Dry Hill Cemetery is off Wendell Road in Montague. It is about half way along the road and to the south. It is on the edge of Montague State Forest. First burial is from 1803. Burial ground is remote at about 1 hour walk from any road. It is owned by the town. It is a neighborhood style cemetery. There are about 40 gravestones within the cemetery and of course many more burials than that. It is at 42.55583, -72.46476.

Market Square in Chicopee

Kendall Hotel 1834 and Kendall Block 1875

Chicopee Public Library

Starzyk Building 1921

Leavitt Building 1850

William Wentworth Building 1848

On Department of Veterans Services building:

Union Canadian Hall in Chicopee