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Southwest Cemetery, Simonds Avenue

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The Board of Selectmen is seeking suggestions to name the Canton Middle/High School Turf Field, Canton Middle/High School Stadium and the Upper Field at the Canton Middle/High School which are all located at 76 Simonds Avenue. Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 30th. Click here for the application.

Southwest Cemetery, Simonds Avenue

  

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This cemetery was originally known as the “Richards Cemetery” on land owned by Johan Richards until an association was formed circa 1887.  When the Nepaug Reservoir was built in 1915, 198 bodies, dating back to 1828, were removed from “Old Southwest Cemetery” to Simonds Avenue. The Richards family bodies were moved to South Windsor, Connecticut.