City Cemetery, Waterbury CT

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City Cemetery
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Waterbury's First Burial Ground
This cemetery is no longer in existence. Once located on Grand Street at the site of what is now the Silas Bronson Library and surrounding Library Park, it's difficult to imagine the series of decisions to build on such a sacred (and historic) site.

Sources and Related News Items
- The American, 02 Feb 1889 "Guntown Cemetery"
- The Daily Republican, 25 April 1891 "Removing the headstones"
- The Republican, 14 Dec 1887 "Waterbury Cemeteries" (Review of work of Sturges M. Judd)
- Ancient Burying-Grounds of the Town of Waterbury Connecticut (Volume Two) (1917)

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