List of cemeteries in Massachusetts explained

This list of cemeteries in Massachusetts 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.

Barnstable County

• Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable
• Hillside Cemetery, Barnstable
• Sandy Street Cemetery, Barnstable

Berkshire County

• • Beth Israel Cemetery, North Adams Center Cemetery, Stockbridge

Bristol County

• • Assonet Burying Ground, Assonet Beech Grove Cemetery, Westport
• Friends-Central Cemetery, Westport
  • Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River Riverside Cemetery, Fairhaven

Dukes County

• • Chilmark Cemetery, Chilmark Oak Grove Cemetery, Oaks Bluff

Essex County

• Burying Point and Witch Trial Victims Memorial, Salem
• Old Burial Hill, Marblehead
• Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport
  • Old North Parish Burying Ground, North Andover Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn
• Swampscott Cemetery, Swampscott

Franklin County

• Deerfield Cemetery, Deerfield
• Green River Cemetery, Greenfield
• Hill Cemetery (historic), Shelburne
• Arms Cemetery, Shelburne
• South Cemetery, Shelburne
• East Cemetery, Shelburne
• Center Cemetery, Shelburne
• Hawks Cemetery, Shelburne

Hampden County

• Bay Path Cemetery, Springfield^[1]
• Springfield Cemetery, Springfield

Hampshire County

• Knights Cemetery, Pelham^[1]
• Quabbin Park Cemetery, Quabbin Valley^[1]
• West Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts
• Wildwood Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts

Middlesex County

• Belmont Cemetery, Belmont, Massachusetts
• Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Catholic Mount Auburn Cemetery, Watertown, Massachusetts
  • Edson Cemetery, Lowell Forestvale Cemetery, Hudson, Massachusetts
• Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum, Malden
• Lowell Cemetery, Lowell (1840s)
• Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge - List of burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery
• Newton Cemetery, Newton
• North Cambridge Catholic Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Pine Haven Cemetery, Burlington, Massachusetts
• Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford (late 17th century)
• Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord
• Spring Hill Cemetery, Marlborough
• St. Michael Cemetery, Hudson
• Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester

Nantucket County

• Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket
• Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket

Norfolk County

• Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline
• Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline
• Brookdale Cemetery, Dedham
• Old Village Cemetery, Dedham
• Baby Cemetery, Dedham
• Sharon Memorial Park, Sharon
• Knollwood Memorial Park, Canton
• Milton Cemetery, Milton

Plymouth County

• Burial Hill, Plymouth^[1]
• Old Ship Church Cemetery, Hingham^[1]
• Calvary Cemetery, Brockton

Suffolk County

See main article: List of cemeteries in Boston.

• Granary Burying Ground, Boston (17th century)
• Greek Theology School of Boston

Worcester County

• Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster^[1]
• Hillside Cemetery, Shrewsbury^[1]
• Hope Cemetery, Worcester^[1]
• Quaker Cemetery, Leicester
• Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton^{[1] [2]}
• Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton

See also

• List of cemeteries in the United States
• Pioneer cemetery, a type of cemetery

Notes and References

1. Rogak, Lisa (2004), Stones and Bones of New England: A guide to unusual, historic, and otherwise notable cemeteries, Globe Pequat;
2. http://www.wcmp.org Worcester County Memorial Park website