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East Norwalk Historical Cemetery

Established in c. 1655, the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery is Norwalk's oldest cemetery, and many of the area's first settlers are buried there. The cemetery is owned and maintained by the Third Taxing District, formally known as the East Norwalk Fire District of the Town of Norwalk, and before that it was known as the Down Town School District. Triangle shaped and surrounded clockwise by Gregory Boulevard, Cemetery Street and East Avenue it is situated in the neighborhood of East Norwalk.

Notable burials
John Bowton (1636–1707), founding settler of Norwalk • John Copp (1673–1751), teacher, doctor, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, purchaser and surveyor of Ridgefield, Connecticut, town clerk of Norwalk and Ridgefield, town treasurer and surveyor of BedfordSamuel Daskam (1823–1912), warden of the Borough of Norwalk from 1874 to 1877 • Thomas Fitch, Jr. (1612–1704), founding settler of Norwalk • Thomas Fitch, IV (1699–1774), Governor of Connecticut • Colonel Thomas Fitch (1725–1795), widely believed to be the original "Yankee Doodle" dandy • Reverend Thomas Hanford (1621–1693), first minister of the colony, a flat brown stone marks the grave, however the inscription is obliterated • John Gregory (1612–1689), founding settler of Norwalk • Daniel Kellogg (1630–1688), founding settler of Norwalk • Richard Olmsted (1612-1687), founding settler of Norwalk • Matthew Marvin, Sr. (1600–1678), founding settler of Norwalk (no extant stone) • Joseph Platt (1672–1748), longest serving state representative from Norwalk • Samuel Smith (1646–1735), early settler of Norwalk, Connecticut and deputy of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in 1691 • Richard Webb (1580–1665), founding settler of Norwalk == See also ==
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