List of cemeteries in Boston

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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.

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Cemeteries in Boston
ordered by founding date
NameEstablishedLocationAffiliationSizeNotes
Phipps Street Burying Ground 1630CharlestownMunicipal (Puritan)1.8 acres [1]
King's Chapel Burying Ground 1630Tremont StreetMunicipal (Puritan) [2]
Eliot Burying Ground 1630Eustis and Washington StreetsMunicipal (Puritan) [3]
Dorchester North Burying Ground 1633Stoughton Street and Columbia RoadMunicipal (Puritan) [4]
Copp's Hill Burying Ground 1659Copp's HillMunicipal (Puritan) [5]
Granary Burying Ground 1660Tremont StreetMunicipal (Puritan) [6]
Westerly Burial Ground 1683West RoxburyMunicipal (Puritan)
Central Burying Ground 1756Boylston and TremontMunicipal
Dorchester South Burying Ground 1814Dorchester Ave.Municipal2 acres
Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery 1818South BostonRoman Catholic0.9 acres
Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery 1844East BostonJewish2.4 acres
Forest Hills Cemetery 1848Forest Hills/Jamaica PlainMunicipal275 acres
St. Joseph Catholic Church 1850RoxburyRoman Catholic
Boston United Hand in Hand Cemetery 1875West Roxbury/DedhamJewish
St. Joseph Cemetery 1888West RoxburyRoman Catholic200 acres
Evergreen Cemetery 1893BrightonMunicipal20 acres
Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries 1920Baker Street, West RoxburyJewish

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References

  1. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Phipps Street Burying Ground". National Park Service . Retrieved February 18, 2023. With accompanying pictures
  2. "King's Chapel Burying Ground". City of Boston.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eliot Burying Ground". National Park Service . Retrieved February 18, 2023. With accompanying pictures
  4. The National Register of Historic Places, 1976. National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. 1976. p. 348.
  5. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Copp's Hill Burial Ground". National Park Service . Retrieved February 18, 2023. With accompanying pictures
  6. "Granary Burying Ground". City of Boston.