Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Bangor, Maine)

Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Details
Established	1854
Location	Bangor, Maine
Country	United States
Coordinates	44°48′47″N 68°47′27″W
Owned by	Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland
Size	69 acres (28 ha)
No. of graves	>17,000
Website	Official website
Find a Grave	Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Mount Pleasant Cemetery (also known as Mount Pleasant Catholic Cemetery) is a cemetery in Bangor, Maine. Established as Bangor's Roman Catholic burial ground in 1854, it originally included 14 acres. It now includes over 69 acres.^[1]

The need for a primarily Roman Catholic burial ground arose from a rapid influx of Irish Catholic immigrants to Bangor in the 1850s and onward. Many Roman Catholic residents from nearby Buck Street Cemetery were re-interred at Mount Pleasant as well.^[2]

Notable interments

• Myrna Fahey (1933–1973), actress
• Arthur R. Gould (1857–1946), U.S. Senator from Maine

References

1. John T. Frawley, Early History of the Catholic Church in Bangor, March 21, 2004
2. Scee, Trudy Irene (2012). The Mount Hope Cemetery of Bangor, Maine: The Complete History. The History Press. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-1609493370. Retrieved 28 November 2014.

External links

• Mount Pleasant Cemetery at Find a Grave
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Pleasant Catholic Cemetery