List of Jewish cemeteries in the United States

Last updated September 16, 2025

The list of Jewish cemeteries in the United States includes both active and historic sites. The list is for notable Jewish cemeteries, and is not an attempt to list all the Jewish cemeteries in the United States. The listed may include large cemeteries that contain only portions of an Jewish burials.

Alabama

California

Chevra Kaddisha Cemetery in Sacramento, California^[3]
Eden Memorial Park Cemetery (Los Angeles)
First Jewish site in Los Angeles (Los Angeles); CHL-listed^[4]
Grass Valley Pioneer Jewish Cemetery (Grass Valley)^[5]
Hills of Eternity Memorial Park (Colma)^[6]
Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery (Culver City)
Home of Peace Cemetery (Colma)
Home of Peace Cemetery (Sacramento)
Home of Peace Cemetery (Santa Cruz)
Home of Peace Cemetery (Los Angeles)
Jackson Pioneer Jewish Cemetery (Jackson)^[7]^[8]
Marysville Cemetery (Marysville)
Marysville Hebrew Cemetery (Marysville)^[9]
Mount Sinai Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles)
Mount Sinai Simi Valley (Simi Valley)
Mount Zion Cemetery (Los Angeles)
Nevada City Jewish Cemetery (Nevada City)^[10]
Placerville Pioneer Jewish Cemetery (Placerville)^[11]
Salem Memorial Park (Colma)
Sonora Hebrew Cemetery (Sonora)^[12]

Connecticut

Congregation Knesseth Israel (Ellington)

Florida

Woodlawn Cemetery (West Palm Beach)

Georgia (U.S. state)

B'nai Israel Synagogue and Cemetery (Thomasville)
Bull Street Cemetery (Savannah)
Levi Sheftall Family Cemetery (Savannah)
Mordecai Sheftall Cemetery (Savannah)

Illinois

Westlawn Cemetery (Norridge)

Iowa

Tri-City Jewish Cemetery (Davenport)

Kansas

Beni Israel Cemetery (Eudora)

Louisiana

Dispersed of Judah Cemetery (New Orleans)

Massachusetts

Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries (West Roxbury)
Jewish Cemetery of New Bedford (New Bedford); NRHP-listed
Sharon Memorial Park, Massachusetts (Sharon)
Temple Israel Cemetery (Wakefield)
Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery (East Boston); NRHP-listed

Michigan

Ahavas Israel Cemetery (Grand Rapids)

Mississippi

Anshe Chesed Cemetery (Vicksburg); NRHP-listed
Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian); NRHP-listed
Jewish Cemetery (Port Gibson); NRHP-listed

Missouri

Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery (University City)
New Mount Sinai Cemetery (St. Louis); NRHP-listed

Montana

Home of Peace Cemetery (Helena); NRHP-listed

Nebraska

Beth El Cemetery (Ralston)
Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery (Bellevue)
Golden Hill Jewish Cemetery (North Omaha)
Mt. Carmel Cemetery (Lincoln)
Temple Israel Cemetery (Omaha)
Wyuka Cemetery (Lincoln); NRHP-listed

New Jersey

Cedar Park Cemetery, New Jersey (Emerson and Paramus)
Floral Park Cemetery (South Brunswick)
King Solomon Memorial Park (Clifton)^[13]^[14]
Mount Moriah Cemetery (Fairview)
Riverside Cemetery (Saddle Brook)

Newark

Grove Street Cemetery^[15]
McClellan Street Cemeteries^[15]

Beth El Memorial Park^[15]

Talmud Torah Cemetery^[15]
Union Field^[16]

New York (state)

Beth David Cemetery (Elmont)
New Montefiore Cemetery (West Babylon)
Wellwood Cemetery (West Babylon)
Westchester Hills Cemetery (Hastings-on-Hudson)

New York City

Baron Hirsch Cemetery (Staten Island)
Bayside Cemetery (Queens)
Beth Olam Cemetery (Brooklyn)
Congregation Shaare Zedek Cemetery (Manhattan)
First Shearith Israel Graveyard (Manhattan); NRHP-listed and NYCL-listed
Machpelah Cemetery (Queens)
Montefiore Cemetery (Queens)
Mount Hebron Cemetery (Queens)
Mount Zion Cemetery (Queens)
Salem Fields Cemetery (Brooklyn)
Union Field Cemetery (Queens)
Washington Cemetery (Brooklyn)

North Carolina

Historic Oakwood Cemetery (Raleigh); NRHP-listed

North Dakota

Ashley Jewish Homesteaders Cemetery (Ashley); NRHP-listed
B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery (Grand Forks); NRHP-listed
Sons of Jacob Cemetery (Ramsey County); NRHP-listed

Ohio

Mayfield Cemetery (Cleveland Heights)
Old Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati (Cincinnati)
United Jewish Cemetery (Evanston)

Oregon

Beth Israel Cemetery (Portland)
Congregation Shaarie Torah Cemetery (Portland)

Pennsylvania

Beth Abraham Cemetery (Carrick, Pittsburgh)
Beth Israel Congregation of Chester County (Upper Uwchlan Township)
Har Jehuda Cemetery (Upper Darby)
Israel Benevolent Society Cemetery (Chambersburg)
West Laurel Hill Cemetery (Bala Cynwyd)

Philadelphia

Har Nebo Cemetery (Oxford Circle)
Mikveh Israel Cemetery; NRHP-listed and PSHM-listed
Mikveh Israel Cemetery (Beth El Emeth) (West Philadelphia)
Mikveh Israel Cemetery (Federal Street Burial Ground) (South Philadelphia)
Mt. Carmel Cemetery (Wissinoming)

Rhode Island

Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery (Newport); NRHP-listed
Touro Cemetery (Newport)

South Carolina

Coming Street Cemetery (Charleston); NRHP-listed^[17]

Tennessee

Temple Adas Israel (Brownsville); NRHP-listed^[18]
Temple Cemetery (Nashville); NRHP-listed^[19]

Texas

Concordia Cemetery (El Paso)
Oakwood Cemetery (Austin); NRHP-listed^[20]
Oakwood Cemetery (Jefferson)

Virginia

Hebrew Cemetery (Richmond); NRHP-listed and VLR-listed^[21]

West Virginia

Mt. Woods Cemetery (Wheeling); NRHP-listed^[22]

References

1 2 Sledge, John Sturdivant. Cities of Silence: A Guide to Mobile's Historic Cemeteries, pages 80-89. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 2002.
↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Magnolia Cemetery including Mobile National Cemetery". National Park Service . Retrieved September 9, 2025. With accompanying pictures
↑ "City's first Jewish cemetery was located in today's East Sacramento". Valley Community Newspapers. November 4, 2010. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023.
↑ Cohen, Thomas (April 1969). "Early Jewish LA". Western States Jewish History. Vol. 1, no. 3. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012.
↑ Levinson, Robert E. (1994). The Jews in the California Gold Rush. Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks, Judah L. Magnes Museum. ISBN 9780943376622.
↑ Smookler, Michael (2007). Colma. Arcadia Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7385-4727-5.
↑ Morris, Susan (1996). A Traveler's Guide to Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries of the California Gold Rush. Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks, Judah L. Magnes Museum. ISBN 9780943376639.
↑ Postal, Bernard; Koppman, Lionel (1986). American Jewish Landmarks: A Travel Guide and History. Fleet Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780830301645.
↑ Greschler, Gabriel (November 25, 2020). "A road trip through Jewish Gold Country". J.
↑ Friedmann, Jonathan L. (March 23, 2020). Jewish Gold Country. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-1439669426.
↑ "Placerville". Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023.
↑ Tagger, Mathilde A. (1997). Printed Books on Jewish Cemeteries in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: An Annotated Bibliography. Israel Genealogical Society.
↑ "Brochure for King Solomon Memorial Park". Cornell University . Retrieved September 15, 2025.
↑ "King Solomon Memorial Park". Official Website. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
1 2 3 4 Palmer, Joanne (September 29, 2021). "The cemeteries of Newark". Jewish Standard. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
↑ Beller, Peter C. (December 27, 2005). "The old cemeteries of Newark". Jerusalem Post . Retrieved September 15, 2025.
↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Coming Street Cemetery". National Park Service . Retrieved September 9, 2025. With accompanying pictures
↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Temple Adas Israel". National Park Service . Retrieved September 9, 2025. With accompanying pictures
↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Temple Cemetery". National Park Service . Retrieved September 9, 2025. With accompanying pictures
↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: City Cemetery". National Park Service . Retrieved September 9, 2025. With accompanying pictures
↑ "Hebrew Cemetery". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.
↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mt. Woods Cemetery". National Park Service . Retrieved September 9, 2025. With accompanying pictures

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[SLEDGE-1] 1 2 Sledge, John Sturdivant. Cities of Silence: A Guide to Mobile's Historic Cemeteries, pages 80-89. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 2002.

[nrhpdoc-2] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Magnolia Cemetery including Mobile National Cemetery". National Park Service . Retrieved September 9, 2025. With accompanying pictures

[:1-3] "City's first Jewish cemetery was located in today's East Sacramento". Valley Community Newspapers. November 4, 2010. Archived from the original on January 7, 2023.

[WSJH-4] Cohen, Thomas (April 1969). "Early Jewish LA". Western States Jewish History. Vol. 1, no. 3. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012.

[Levinson-5] Levinson, Robert E. (1994). The Jews in the California Gold Rush. Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks, Judah L. Magnes Museum. ISBN 9780943376622.

[:0-6] Smookler, Michael (2007). Colma. Arcadia Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7385-4727-5.

[:2-7] Morris, Susan (1996). A Traveler's Guide to Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries of the California Gold Rush. Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks, Judah L. Magnes Museum. ISBN 9780943376639.

[:6-8] Postal, Bernard; Koppman, Lionel (1986). American Jewish Landmarks: A Travel Guide and History. Fleet Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780830301645.

[:3-9] Greschler, Gabriel (November 25, 2020). "A road trip through Jewish Gold Country". J.

[:32-10] Friedmann, Jonathan L. (March 23, 2020). Jewish Gold Country. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-1439669426.

[:02-11] "Placerville". Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks in the West. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023.

[12] Tagger, Mathilde A. (1997). Printed Books on Jewish Cemeteries in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: An Annotated Bibliography. Israel Genealogical Society.

[13] "Brochure for King Solomon Memorial Park". Cornell University . Retrieved September 15, 2025.

[14] "King Solomon Memorial Park". Official Website. Retrieved September 15, 2025.

[palmer-15] 1 2 3 4 Palmer, Joanne (September 29, 2021). "The cemeteries of Newark". Jewish Standard. Retrieved September 15, 2025.

[beller-16] Beller, Peter C. (December 27, 2005). "The old cemeteries of Newark". Jerusalem Post . Retrieved September 15, 2025.

[nrhpdoc6-17] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Coming Street Cemetery". National Park Service . Retrieved September 9, 2025. With accompanying pictures

[nrhpdoc4-18] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Temple Adas Israel". National Park Service . Retrieved September 9, 2025. With accompanying pictures

[nrhpdoc5-19] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Temple Cemetery". National Park Service . Retrieved September 9, 2025. With accompanying pictures

[nrhpdoc3-20] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: City Cemetery". National Park Service . Retrieved September 9, 2025. With accompanying pictures

[21] "Hebrew Cemetery". NPGallery, Digital Asset Management System.

[nrhpdoc2-22] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mt. Woods Cemetery". National Park Service . Retrieved September 9, 2025. With accompanying pictures

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