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Upper Springfield Meetinghouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Nearest city	Wrightstown, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°2′40″N 74°38′30″W / 40.04444°N 74.64167°W / 40.04444; -74.64167
Built	1727
NRHP reference No.	79001479
Added to NRHP	August 24, 1979

Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground is a cemetery located in Springfield Township and Wrightstown, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

The cemetery and the accompanying meeting house were placed on both the New Jersey (state ID # 875) and the National Register of Historic Places (Reference # 79001479) in 1979.

Notable burials

• Thomas Newbold (1760-1823), represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1807 to 1813.
• George Sykes (1802-1880), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845, and was reelected in 1845 to fill a vacancy, serving until 1847.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Burlington County, New Jersey

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office, updated August 6, 2007. Accessed August 25, 2007.
3. Thomas newbold, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 26, 2007.
4. George Sykes, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed October 4, 2023.

External links

• Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground / Upper Springfield Cemetery at The Political Graveyard
• Old Upper Springfield Friends Burying Ground at Find A Grave

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