Mount Auburn Cemetery (disambiguation)

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Mount Auburn Cemetery is a cemetery in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, United States.

Mount Auburn Cemetery cemetery in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts

Mount Auburn Cemetery is the first rural, or garden, cemetery in the United States, located on the line between Cambridge and Watertown in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Boston. It is the burial site of many prominent members of the Boston Brahmins, as well being a National Historic Landmark.

Mount Auburn Cemetery may also refer to:

Mount Auburn Cemetery is a cemetery located in Harvard, Illinois, in the United States.

Mount Auburn Cemetery (Baltimore, Maryland)

Mount Auburn Cemetery is a historic African American cemetery and national historic district in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Overlooking the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River to the east, Baltimore's Downtown to the north and railroad tracks to the south, Mt. Auburn Cemetery is surrounded by the Cherry Hill, Westport, Mt. Winans and Lakeland communities.

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