List of rural cemeteries in the United States explained

The rural cemetery, or garden cemetery, is a style of cemetery that became popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-nineteenth century. This article is a list of rural cemeteries in the United States.

Name	Year opened	Location	Notes
	1831		The first rural cemetery built in the U.S.^[1]
	1834
	1836
	1836
	1836
	1837
	1837		The cemetery was condemned in 1956. The land was purchased by Temple University and bodies reinterred to Lawnview Memorial Park.^[2]
	1838
	1838
	1838
	1838
	1839
	1840
	1840
	1840
	1841
	1841
	1841
	1841
	1843
Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery^[3]	1843
	1844
	1844
	1844
	1844
	1844
	1844
	1845
	1846
	1846
	1847
	1848
	1848
	1848
	1848
	1848
	1848
	1848
	1849
	1849
	1849
	1849
	1849
	1849		In 1938, the cemetery and all burials were relocated to Glenwood Memorial Gardens in Broomall, Pennsylvania.^[4]
	1849
	1849
	1849
	1849
	1850
	1850
	1850
	1850
	1850
	1850
	1850
	1851
	1851
	1851
	1851
	1851
	1852
	1852
	1852
Oakdale Cemetery^[5]	1852
	1852
	1853		Evergreen cemetery is part of the Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and played a strategic role in the Battle of Gettysburg.^[6] It was the site of the dedication of the adjacent National Cemetery. Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address from a platform in Evergreen Cemetery.^[7] ^[8]
	1853
	1853
	1853
	1853		The first burials at the cemetery did not occur until 1860.^[9]
	1853
	1853
	1853
	1853
	1853
	1854
	1854
	1854
	1854
	1855
	1855
	1855		The cemetery closed its gates in 2011 and had no owner after the last board member died. Philadelphia's Orphan Court appointed the Mount Moriah Cemetery Preservation Corporation as owner in 2014.^[10]
	1855
	1855
	1855
	1855
	1856		The cemetery was placed into conservatorship in 2021 due to neglect.^[11]
	1856		Founded in 1850 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity and became a non-denominational cemetery in 1856.^[12]
	1857
	1857
	1857
	1857
	1858
	1858
	1859
	1859
	1859
	1860
	1860
	1863
	1863
	1863
	1863
	1863
	1865		Designed by Burton A. Thomas^[13]
	1866
	1866
	1867
	1867		Designed by E.C. Ryer^[14]
	1867
	1869
	1871
Lakewood Cemetery^[15]	1871
	1872
	1873
	1875
	1876
	1878
	1884
	1885
	1885
	1885
	1887
	1891
	1892
	1892
	1895		Designed by landscape architect Edward P. Adams^[16]
	1897

References

• Book: Greene , Meg . 2008 . Rest in Peace: A History of American Cemeteries . Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. . 978-0-8225-3414-3 .
• Book: Linden , Blanche M. G. . 2007 . Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery . University of Massachusetts Press . 978-1-55849-571-5 .
• Book: Smith , Jeffrey . 2017 . The Rural Cemetery Movement: Places of Paradox in Nineteenth Century America . Lexington Books . 978-1-4985-2900-6 .
• Book: Yalom , Marilyn . 2008 . The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt . 978-0-618-62427-0 . registration . 46 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Linden . Blanche M. G. . Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery . 2007 . University of Massachusetts Press . Amherst, Massachusetts . 978-1-55849-571-5 . 293 . August 10, 2019.
2. Web site: Barley . Luke . How Thousands of Headstones Ended Up Under a Philadelphia Bridge . www.citylab.com . August 25, 2019.
3. Web site: Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery . www.wilmingtonbrandywinecemetery.org . July 22, 2019.
4. Web site: Pickard . Sam . Glenwood: The Westward-Moving Cemetery . www.marplehistory.com . January 9, 2022.
5. Web site: Oakdale Cemetery . www.oakdalecemetery.org . July 22, 2019.
6. Hawthorne, Frederick W., Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments, Hanover, Pennsylvania: The Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides, 1988, p. 107.
7. Web site: Historical Marker Database. The Gettysburg Address. August 10, 2019.
8. Web site: National Park Service. National Cemetery Walking Tour. August 10, 2019.
9. Book: Linden . Blanche M. G. . Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery . 2007 . University of Massachusetts Press . Amherst, Massachusetts . 978-1-55849-571-5 . 294 . August 10, 2019.
10. Web site: History . www.friendsofmountmoriahcemetery.org . August 25, 2019. 2013-10-17 .
11. Web site: Bender . William . Judge ousts absentee owner of historic Mount Vernon Cemetery. Rehab could involve goats. . www.inquirer.com . September 9, 2021.
12. Web site: Schuyler. David. [{{NRHP-PA|H111042_01H.pdf}} Woodward Hill Cemetery]. National Register of Historic Places nomination form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. November 27, 2013. 2004.
13. Book: Cothran . James R. . Danylchak . Erica . Grave Landscapes . 2018 . University of South Carolina Press . 9781611177992 . 18 May 2024.
14. News: Friends of Lakeview Cemetery . October 2, 2015 . Lakeview Cemetery: More than a burial ground . . Burlington, VT . .
15. Web site: Discover Our Proud Past . www.lakewoodcemetery.org . Lakewood Cemetery . 19 May 2024.
16. Web site: Hope cemetery Guide. Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce. 2002. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929041228/http://www.central-vt.com/visit/cemetery/index.html. 2007-09-29.