Woodlawn Cemetery is a publicly-owned

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Westbrook, Maine Westbrook is a city in Cumberland County, Maine, United States and a suburb of Portland. The population was 20,400 at the 2020 census, making it the fastest-growing city in Maine between 2010 and 2020. It is part of the Portland– South Portla ...

, U.S. It was established in 1885. In 1933-34, Woodlawn was significantly improved by a

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project by the

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. Three miles of avenues were given a coat of gravel among other improvements. It is the only cemetery in the city which offers winter burials.

Notable interments

Alexander Speirs Alexander Speirs (died 5 October 1844) was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1841. Speirs was the son of Archibald Speirs and his wife Margaret Dundas, daughter of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas. In 1835 Spe ...

(1859–1927), state legislator

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* {{GNIS, 578673 Buildings and structures in Westbrook, Maine Cemeteries in Cumberland County, Maine 1885 establishments in Maine Cemeteries established in the 1880s