Limerick Church Burial Ground in Limerick, Pennsylvania

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Get directions West Ridge Pike and Limerick Center Road
Limerick, Pennsylvania 19468 United States

Coordinates: 40.23648, -75.53810
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A burial ground was established not related to the church in 1738. It's unknown when the original church was built, however there was a log schoolhouse on the property that was used for church services ("Limerick Township: A Journey Through Time 1699-1987") and the Limerick Church was referenced in the route description of Lewis Road in 1742. Plans for building a church at this location started in 1807, and the first building was erected in 1817. That church was torn down in 1875, and the existing structure pictured here was built then. The hospital department established a hospital at Limerick, however it's unknown when are exactly where. A letter from Benjamin Rush to John Adams, dated October 13th, 1777 mentions Rush is writing from the hospital at Limerick. There are seventeen Revolutionary War soldiers buried in the cemetery, and it is estimated that there are hundreds of additional unmarked Revolutionary War graves here.