List of cemeteries in Boston, Massachusetts
Encyclopedia
| Cemeteries in Boston - order by founding date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Established | Location | Affiliation | Size |
| Phipps Street Burying Ground Phipps Street Burying Ground Phipps Street Burying Ground is a historic cemetery on Phipps Street in Charlestown, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston.The burial ground was created in 1630, the first cemetery in Boston... |
1630 | Charlestown | Puritan | 1.8 acres |
| King's Chapel Burying Ground King's Chapel Burying Ground King's Chapel Burying Ground is a historic cemetery at King's Chapel on Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest cemetery in the city and is a site on the Freedom Trail.... |
1630 | Tremont Street | Puritan | |
| Eliot Burying Ground Eliot Burying Ground Eliot Burying Ground is an historic cemetery at Eustis and Washington Streetsin Boston, Massachusetts.Founded in 1630, the cemetery was added to the National Historic Register in 1974... |
1630 | Eustis and Washington Streets | Puritan | |
| Dorchester North Burying Ground Dorchester North Burying Ground The Dorchester North Burying Ground is a historic cemetery at Stoughton Street and Columbia Road in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.... |
1633 | Stoughton Street and Columbia Road | Puritan | |
| Copp's Hill Burying Ground Copp's Hill Burying Ground Copp's Hill Burying Ground is a historic cemetery in Boston. It was originally named "North Burying Ground".-History:The cemetery was founded on February 20, 1659, when the town bought land on Copp's Hill from John Baker and Daniel Turell to start the "North Burying Ground"... |
1659 | Copp's Hill | Puritan | |
| Granary Burying Ground Granary Burying Ground Founded in 1660, the Granary Burying Ground in Massachusetts is the city of Boston's third-oldest cemetery. Located on Tremont Street, it is the final resting place for many notable Revolutionary War-era patriots, including three signers of the Declaration of Independence, Paul Revere and the five... |
1660 | Tremont Street | ||
| Westerly Burial Ground Westerly Burial Ground Westerly Burial Ground is an historic cemetery on Centre Street in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. It was established in 1683... |
1683 | West Roxbury | ||
| Central Burying Ground (Boston, Massachusetts) Central Burying Ground (Boston, Massachusetts) The Central Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts was established on the Common in 1756. It is located at the corner of Boylston Street and Tremont Street... |
1756 | Boylston and Tremont | Municipal | |
| Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery is a historic church on Dorchester Street between West Sixth and Tudor Streets in South Boston, Massachusetts... |
1818 | South Boston | Roman Catholic | 0.9 acres |
| Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery is located at Wordsworth & Horace Streets in East Boston, Massachusetts. In 1844, Boston's first synagogue asked for permission to purchase this then-remote East Boston lot as a burying place. This cemetery was the first legally established Jewish cemetery in the state... |
1844 | East Boston | Jewish | 2.4 acres |
| Forest Hills Cemetery Forest Hills Cemetery Forest Hills Cemetery is a historic cemetery, greenspace, arboretum and sculpture garden located in the Forest Hills section of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The cemetery was designed in 1848.-Overview:... |
1848 | Forest Hills/Jamaica Plain | Municipal | 275 acres |
| St. Joseph Catholic Church (Roxbury, Massachusetts) St. Joseph Catholic Church (Roxbury, Massachusetts) St. Joseph Catholic Church was a parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, serving the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The parish was established in 1845, and a church was built in the same year. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989... |
1850 | Roxbury | Roman Catholic | |
| Holyhood Cemetery Holyhood Cemetery Holyhood Cemetery is a cemetery located in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Laid out in 1857, the cemetery was designed to reflect the mid-19th century influence of romantic landscape cemetery planning begun at Cambridge's Mount Auburn Cemetery. It was the first such cemetery in Brookline... |
1857 | Brookline | Catholic | 35 acres |
| Boston United Hand in Hand Cemetery | 1875 | West Roxbury/Dedham | Jewish | |
| St. Joseph Cemetery St. Joseph Cemetery (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) In 1888 the directors of the Holyhood Cemetery Association purchased land in West Roxbury to develop St. Joseph Cemetery. At about , St. Joseph is one of the largest cemeteries in New England. Extensive landscape improvements have been carried out over the last ten years, and the main cemetery is... |
1888 | West Roxbury | Catholic | 200 acres |
| Evergreen Cemetery (Boston, Massachusetts) | 1893 | Brighton | ||
| Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries The Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries are a group of 42 Jewish cemeteries in use since the 1920s on Baker Street in the West Roxbury section of Boston... |
1920 | Baker Street, West Roxbury | Jewish | |