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List of cemeteries in Boston includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable. It does not include pet cemeteries.
Cemeteries in Boston ordered by founding date | |||||
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Name | Established | Location | Affiliation | Size | Notes |
King's Chapel Burying Ground | 1630 | Downtown (Tremont Street) | Municipal (Puritan) | [1][2] | |
Eliot Burying Ground | 1630 | Roxbury (Eustis & Washington Streets) | Municipal (Puritan) | [3][4][2] | |
Phipps Street Burying Ground | 1630 | Charlestown (Phipps Street) | Municipal (Puritan) | 1.8 acres | [5][6] |
Dorchester North Burying Ground | 1633 | Dorchester (Stoughton Street & Columbia Road) | Municipal (Puritan) | [7][8][2] | |
Copp's Hill Burying Ground | 1659 | North End (Copp's Hill) | Municipal (Puritan) | [9][10][2] | |
Granary Burying Ground | 1660 | Downtown (Tremont Street) | Municipal (Puritan) | [11][2] | |
Westerly Burial Ground | 1683 | West Roxbury (Centre Street) | Municipal (Puritan) | [12][2] | |
Walter Street Burying Ground | 1711 | Roslindale (Walter Street) | Municipal | 0.8 acres | [13][14][2] |
Central Burying Ground | 1756 | Boston Common (Boylston & Tremont Streets) | Municipal | [15][2] | |
Market Street Burying Ground | 1764 | Brighton (Market Street) | Municipal | [16][2] | |
Bunker Hill Burying Ground | 1807 | Charlestown (Bunker Hill Street) | Municipal | [17][2] | |
South End Burying Ground | 1810 | South End (Washington Street) | Municipal | [18][19][2] | |
Dorchester South Burying Ground | 1814 | Dorchester (Dorchester Avenue) | Municipal | 2 acres | [20][21] |
Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery | 1818 | South Boston (Dorchester Street) | Roman Catholic | 0.9 acres | [2] |
Hawes/Union Burying Ground | 1821[22] | South Boston (Emerson & E 5th Streets) | Municipal | [23][24] | |
St. Francis De Sales Cemetery | 1830 | Charlestown | Roman Catholic | [25][26][2] | |
Bennington Street Burying Ground | 1838[22] | East Boston | Municipal | [27][28] | |
Toll Gate Cemetery | 1840 | Jamaica Plain / Roslindale | Roman Catholic | [29][2] | |
Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery | 1844 | East Boston | Jewish | 2.4 acres | [30][2] |
Forest Hills Cemetery | 1848 | Jamaica Plain | Non-Sectarian | 275 acres | [31][32][2] |
Codman Burying Ground | 1848 | Dorchester | Protestant | [33][34][2] | |
St. Joseph Catholic Church | 1850 | Roxbury | Roman Catholic | ||
Evergreen Cemetery | 1850 | Brighton | Municipal | 20 acres | [35][2] |
St. Mary's Cemetery | 1851 | Dorchester | Non-Sectarian | [36][2] | |
Mount Hope Cemetery | 1852 | Roslindale / Mattapan | Municipal | 125 acres | [37][2] |
Mount Calvary Cemetery | 1866 | Roslindale | Non-Sectarian | [36][2] | |
St. Mary's Cemetery | 1867 | West Roxbury | Roman Catholic | [38][2] | |
Cedar Grove Cemetery | 1868 | Dorchester | Non-Sectarian | [39][40][2] | |
The Gardens (Gethsemane) Cemetery | 1873 | West Roxbury | Non-Sectarian | [41][2] | |
Boston United Hand in Hand Cemetery | 1875 | West Roxbury / Dedham | Jewish | [42][43][2] | |
Mount Benedict Cemetery | 1879 | West Roxbury | Non-Sectarian | [36][44][2] | |
Grove Street Cemeteries | 1881 | West Roxbury | Jewish | [45][46][2] | |
St. Joseph Cemetery | 1888 | West Roxbury | Non-Sectarian | ~200 acres | [47] |
Fairview Cemetery | 1893 | Hyde Park | Municipal | [48][2] | |
New Calvary Cemetery | 1899 | Mattapan | Non-Sectarian | [36][2] | |
St. Michael Cemetery | 1905 | Jamaica Plain / Roslindale / Mattapan | Non-Sectarian | [49][2] | |
Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries | 1920s | West Roxbury | Jewish | [50][51][2] | |
Oak Lawn Cemetery | 1989 | Roslindale / Hyde Park | [2] |
See also
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edit- ^ "King's Chapel Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Lambert, David Allen (2009). A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries (Second ed.). Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. p. 26-37. ISBN 978-0-88082-222-0.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eliot Burying Ground". National Park Service. Retrieved February 18, 2023. With accompanying pictures
- ^ "Eliot Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Phipps Street Burying Ground". National Park Service. Retrieved February 18, 2023. With accompanying pictures
- ^ "Phipps Street Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ The National Register of Historic Places, 1976. National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. 1976. p. 348.
- ^ "Dorchester North Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Copp's Hill Burial Ground". National Park Service. Retrieved February 18, 2023. With accompanying pictures
- ^ "Copp's Hill Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "Granary Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ "Westerly". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ "Walter Street Burial Ground". MACRIS. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "Walter Street Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "Central Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ "Market Street Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "Bunker Hill Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "South End Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "South End Burial Ground". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "Dorchester South Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "Dorchester South Burying Ground". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ a b Year officially sanctioned. In use prior to this date.
- ^ "Hawes/Union Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "Hawes Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "Saint Francis de Sales Parish Cemetery". Saint Francis de Sales Parish. Archived from the original on April 5, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ "Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church". MACRIS. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ "Bennington Street". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ "Bennington Street Burying Ground". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "Toll Gate Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ "Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "About Us". Forest Hills Cemetery. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "Forest Hills Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "About". Codman Burial Ground. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "Codman Square Institutional Area". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "Evergreen Cemetery". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "History". Boston Catholic Cemetery Association. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "Mount Hope Cemetery". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ "History". St. Mary of the Assumption. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "A Brief History". Cedar Grove Cemetery. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "Cedar Grove Cemetery". Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ "History & Future". The Gardens Cemetery. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ "West Roxbury/Centre Street Cemeteries". JCAM. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ "Hat In Hand Cemetery". JewishGen. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "Mount Benedict Catholic Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ "West Roxbury/Grove Street". JCAM. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "Grove Street Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "History". Holyhood Cemetery Association. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ "Fairview Cemetery". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "St. Michael Cemetery – serving the Greater Boston community for over 100 years". St. Michael Cemetery. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
- ^ "Mount Lebanon Jewish Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- ^ "West Roxbury/Baker Street Cemeteries". JCAM. Retrieved October 20, 2024.