List of cemeteries in Boston explained

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
NameEstablishedLocationAffiliationSizeNotes
Phipps Street Burying Ground1630CharlestownMunicipal (Puritan)1.8 acres[1]
King's Chapel Burying Ground1630Tremont StreetMunicipal (Puritan)[2]
Eliot Burying Ground1630Eustis and Washington StreetsMunicipal (Puritan)[3]
Dorchester North Burying Ground1633Stoughton Street and Columbia RoadMunicipal (Puritan)[4]
Copp's Hill Burying Ground1659Copp's HillMunicipal (Puritan)[5]
Granary Burying Ground1660Tremont StreetMunicipal (Puritan)[6]
Westerly Burial Ground1683West RoxburyMunicipal (Puritan)
Central Burying Ground1756Boylston and TremontMunicipal
Dorchester South Burying Ground1814Dorchester Ave.Municipal2 acres
Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery1818South BostonRoman Catholic0.9 acres
Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery1844East BostonJewish2.4 acres
Forest Hills Cemetery1848Forest Hills/Jamaica PlainMunicipal275 acres
St. Joseph Catholic Church1850RoxburyRoman Catholic
Boston United Hand in Hand Cemetery1875West Roxbury/DedhamJewish
St. Joseph Cemetery1888West RoxburyRoman Catholic200 acres
Evergreen Cemetery1893BrightonMunicipal20 acres
Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries1920Baker Street, West RoxburyJewish

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=74000907}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Phipps Street Burying Ground ]. National Park Service. February 18, 2023. With
  2. Web site: King's Chapel Burying Ground . City of Boston.
  3. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=74000388}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eliot Burying Ground ]. February 18, 2023 . National Park Service. With
  4. Book: The National Register of Historic Places, 1976 . 1976 . National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior . 348 . en.
  5. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=74000385}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Copp's Hill Burial Ground ]. February 18, 2023 . National Park Service. With
  6. Web site: Granary Burying Ground . City of Boston.

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