List of cemeteries in Boston

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
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

References

  1. ^ "King's Chapel Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eliot Burying Ground". National Park Service. Retrieved February 18, 2023. With accompanying pictures
  4. ^ "Eliot Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  5. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Phipps Street Burying Ground". National Park Service. Retrieved February 18, 2023. With accompanying pictures
  6. ^ "Phipps Street Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  7. ^ The National Register of Historic Places, 1976. National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. 1976. p. 348.
  8. ^ "Dorchester North Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Copp's Hill Burial Ground". National Park Service. Retrieved February 18, 2023. With accompanying pictures
  10. ^ "Copp's Hill Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  11. ^ "Granary Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  12. ^ "Westerly". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  13. ^ "Walter Street Burial Ground". MACRIS. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  14. ^ "Walter Street Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  15. ^ "Central Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  16. ^ "Market Street Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  17. ^ "Bunker Hill Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  18. ^ "South End Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  19. ^ "South End Burial Ground". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  20. ^ "Dorchester South Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  21. ^ "Dorchester South Burying Ground". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  22. ^ a b Year officially sanctioned. In use prior to this date.
  23. ^ "Hawes/Union Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  24. ^ "Hawes Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  25. ^ "Saint Francis de Sales Parish Cemetery". Saint Francis de Sales Parish. Archived from the original on April 5, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  26. ^ "Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church". MACRIS. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  27. ^ "Bennington Street". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  28. ^ "Bennington Street Burying Ground". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  29. ^ "Toll Gate Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  30. ^ "Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  31. ^ "About Us". Forest Hills Cemetery. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  32. ^ "Forest Hills Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  33. ^ "About". Codman Burial Ground. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  34. ^ "Codman Square Institutional Area". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  35. ^ "Evergreen Cemetery". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  36. ^ a b c d "History". Boston Catholic Cemetery Association. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  37. ^ "Mount Hope Cemetery". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  38. ^ "History". St. Mary of the Assumption. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  39. ^ "A Brief History". Cedar Grove Cemetery. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  40. ^ "Cedar Grove Cemetery". Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  41. ^ "History & Future". The Gardens Cemetery. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  42. ^ "West Roxbury/Centre Street Cemeteries". JCAM. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  43. ^ "Hat In Hand Cemetery". JewishGen. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  44. ^ "Mount Benedict Catholic Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  45. ^ "West Roxbury/Grove Street". JCAM. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  46. ^ "Grove Street Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  47. ^ "History". Holyhood Cemetery Association. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  48. ^ "Fairview Cemetery". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  49. ^ "St. Michael Cemetery – serving the Greater Boston community for over 100 years". St. Michael Cemetery. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  50. ^ "Mount Lebanon Jewish Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  51. ^ "West Roxbury/Baker Street Cemeteries". JCAM. Retrieved October 20, 2024.