West Main Street Cemetery Site, Batavia, New York - Discussion
Anonymous
· Oct. 30, 2025, 11:01 p.m.
Discussion thread for West Main Street Cemetery Site, Batavia, New York.
The first graveyard in Batavia dated back to 1806. It was known as the West Main Street Cemetery, and was located along the northern banks of the Tonawanda Creek. The town founders didn't realize the extent to which the Tonawanda Creek regularly flooded, however, and in 1823 it was decided that a...
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