The Bolkcom Neighborhood Burial Yard - Attleboro, Massachusetts - Massachusetts Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

The "Historical Site Guide of Attleboro, Massachusetts" prepared by the Attleboro Historical Commission lists nearly four dozen sites throughout the town. They relay brief bits of local history dating from the early 18th through the 20th century with the exception of Wisconsin Glacial Rock from 25,000 years ago.

At North Purchase Cemetery on the south end of the eastern most loop road, space has been designated to an historical cemetery relocation. The area is noted by metal Commission sign posted to the right of an engraved granite marker. The sign states:

The Bolkcom Neighborhood Burial Yard

This burial ground was in the path of the construction of Route
95. The Commonwealth moved the graves to North Purchase
Cemetery and placed a single memorial monument over them.

Attleboro Historical Commission - 2014

Immediately west of the sign is a grave stone. Its inscription reads:

TO THE SACRED DEAD
OF
BALCOM BURIAL GROUND
TRANSFERRED HERE A.D. 1959
ERECTED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

Agency Responsible for Placement: Other (Place below) Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): Attleboro Historical Commission Year Placed: 2014 County: Bristol City/Town Name: Attleboro, Massachusetts Relevant Web Site: Not listed

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