Revolutionary War Cemetery

Built in 1767. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“The Revolutionary War Cemetery, also called the Old Salem Burying Ground, is located on Archibald Street, just off state highway NY 22 in the village of Salem, New York, United States. It is a 2.6-acre (1.1 ha) area with over a thousand graves, at least 100 of which are those of Revolutionary War dead or veterans.”
Wikipedia article Revolutionary War Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 52 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2004 · category: Site · built in 1767.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site, 1 structure, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
Address. 9 Archibald St., Salem, 12865
When was it listed? August 2004
Category. site
Town. Salem town
When was it built? 1767
National Register reference number. 04000822 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1895 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Revolutionary War Cemetery, surveyed 1995

Topographic sheet covering Revolutionary War Cemetery, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Revolutionary War Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	59
Debris and open burning	29
Arson/incendiarism	10
Natural	6
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
24 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
31 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.8 acres	New York Forest Rangers	BLIND BUCK RD

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Revolutionary War Cemetery: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Al Jean Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this property

34 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salem, the town this property stands in, in 34 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$500,000	no account filed
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$15,000	no account filed
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$10,000	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$10,000	no account filed
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees during the afternoon of the 14th in Salem in Washington County.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	no account filed
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$5,000	no account filed
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$4,000	A tree and wires were down on County Route 64.
August 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$4,000	no account filed
July 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$3,500	no account filed
December 2008	Flood	Salem	$2,000	Heavy rain allowed White Creek to overflow its banks in the vicinity of the Archibald Street Bridge and Nichol Street. Nichol Street was reportedly closed due to the rising water.
September 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$2,000	A cold front crossed eastern New York during the mid morning hours of the 14th. Severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds which downed trees and wires across a few locations in Saratoga and Washington Counties.
October 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	$1,000	An isolated severe thunderstorm developed along a strong cold front as it crossed into eastern New York State during the early morning hours. The wind from the storm downed tree limbs in the vicinity of Salem.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Multiple trees and wires were downed in the Town of Hebron including on Chamberlin Mills Road, County Route 30, Scotts Lake Road and Dunnigan Road.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Multiple trees and wires were downed in the Town of Salem.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	A tree was down on Route 64.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	There two reports of trees and wires down in the town of Salem.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Trees were downed on South Main Street and County Route 153 in the Town of Salem.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Trees and wires were downed on County Route 64.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Trees and wires were downed on Perry Hill Road.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Several reports of trees and wires down in and around Salem, including on West Broadway, Black Creek Road, Dillon Hill Road, and Priest Road.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	A tree and wires were downed onto a roadway.
August 2014	Hail	Salem	-	Ping pong ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm near Salem.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Trees were reported down as a result of thunderstorm winds in Salem.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Wires were reported down on Smith Road near Salem due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Salem.
May 2012	Hail	Salem	-	Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm just north of Salem.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Numerous large tree branches were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds near Salem. In addition, nickel to quarter size hail was also reported during this thunderstorm.
June 2008	Hail	Salem	-	Nickel to quarter size hail was reported in Salem during a thunderstorm. In addition, numerous large tree branches were reported down across several roads in the vicinity due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2008	Hail	Salem	-	Penny size hail fell during a thunderstorm in Salem.
November 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Trees and power lines were reported down near Salem due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Salem	-	Trees were blow down and wires were knocked down.
August 1998	Hail	Salem	-	no account filed
May 1993	Hail	Salem	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington County

Maps showing this location

14 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1895 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
1901 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1903 USGS Mettawee quadrangle1:125000 - 2 printings
1944 USGS Salem quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1946 USGS Salem quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Salem quadrangle1:25000
1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Salem quadrangle1:24000

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Salem Historic District	0.4 miles	1975
Alexander McNish House	0.8 miles	2010
Rexleigh Covered Bridge	2.5 miles	1978
Martin-Fitch House & Asa Fitch, Jr. Laboratory	2.8 miles	2014
Hebron Valley Grange No. 1103	5.0 miles	2006
Shushan Covered Bridge	5.3 miles	1978

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 04000822 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Washington County	All 52 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.