Hillsborough County Poor Farm Cemetery
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The Hillsborough County Cemetery (also known as the Poor Farm Cemetery, Pine Grove Cemetery or County Farm Cemetery) is located along the Goffstown Rail Trail behind the Hillsborough County complex in Goffstown, NH. It serves as the final resting place for more than 700 individuals who died while residing at the Hillsborough County Poor Farm, a historic institution that housed the indigent, ill and infirm during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of the graves are marked only with numbers, as the original tables correlating to markers were assumed to be lost over time.
The Hillsborough County Poor Farm itself was established in 1849 when the land was purchased by the county to provide shelter and basic needs for those without means of support. The farm ceased its operations in the early 1920's.
