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
Name Established Location Affiliation Size Notes
King's Chapel Burying Ground 1630 Tremont Street Municipal (Puritan) [1][2]
Eliot Burying Ground 1630 Eustis and Washington Streets Municipal (Puritan) [3][4][2]
Phipps Street Burying Ground 1630 Charlestown Municipal (Puritan) 1.8 acres [5][6]
Dorchester North Burying Ground 1633 Stoughton Street and Columbia Road Municipal (Puritan) [7][8][2]
Copp's Hill Burying Ground 1659 Copp's Hill Municipal (Puritan) [9][10][2]
Granary Burying Ground 1660 Tremont Street Municipal (Puritan) [11][2]
Westerly Burial Ground 1683 West Roxbury Municipal (Puritan) [12][2]
Walter Street Burying Ground 1711 Roslindale Municipal 0.8 acres [13][14][2]
Central Burying Ground 1756 Boylston and Tremont Streets Municipal [15][2]
Market Street Burying Ground 1764 Brighton Municipal [16][2]
Bunker Hill Burying Ground 1807 Charlestown Municipal [17][2]
South End Burying Ground 1810 South End Municipal [18][19][2]
Dorchester South Burying Ground 1814 Dorchester Avenue Municipal 2 acres [20][21]
Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery 1818 South Boston Roman Catholic 0.9 acres [2]
Hawes/Union Burying Ground 1821[22] South Boston Municipal [23][24]
St. Francis De Sales Cemetery 1830 Charlestown Roman Catholic [25][26][2]
Bennington Street Burying Ground 1838[22] East Boston Municipal [27][28]
Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery 1844 East Boston Jewish 2.4 acres [29][2]
Forest Hills Cemetery 1848 Forest Hills / Jamaica Plain Non-Sectarian 275 acres [30][31][2]
Codman Burying Ground 1848 Dorchester Protestant [32][33][2]
St. Joseph Catholic Church 1850 Roxbury Roman Catholic
Evergreen Cemetery 1850 Brighton Municipal 20 acres [34][2]
St. Mary's Cemetery 1851 Dorchester Non-Sectarian [35][2]
Mount Hope Cemetery 1852 Roslindale / Mattapan Municipal 125 acres [36][2]
Mount Calvary Cemetery 1866 Roslindale Non-Sectarian [35][2]
St. Mary's Cemetery 1867 West Roxbury Roman Catholic [37][2]
Cedar Grove Cemetery 1868 Dorchester Non-Sectarian [38][39][2]
The Gardens (Gethsemane) Cemetery 1873 West Roxbury Non-Sectarian [40][2]
Boston United Hand in Hand Cemetery 1875 West Roxbury / Dedham Jewish [41][42][2]
Mount Benedict Cemetery 1879 West Roxbury Non-Sectarian [35][43][2]
Grove Street Cemeteries 1881 West Roxbury Jewish [44][45][2]
St. Joseph Cemetery 1888 West Roxbury Non-Sectarian ~200 acres [46]
Fairview Cemetery 1893 Hyde Park Municipal [47][2]
New Calvary Cemetery 1899 Mattapan Non-Sectarian [35][2]
St. Michael Cemetery 1905 Jamaica Plain / Roslindale / Mattapan Non-Sectarian [48][2]
Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries 1920s West Roxbury Jewish [49][50][2]
Oak Lawn Cemetery 1989 Roslindale / Hyde Park [2]

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  1. ^ "King's Chapel Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Lambert, David Allen (2009). A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries (Second ed.). Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. p. 26-37. ISBN 978-0-88082-222-0.
  3. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eliot Burying Ground". National Park Service. Retrieved February 18, 2023. With accompanying pictures
  4. ^ "Eliot Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  5. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Phipps Street Burying Ground". National Park Service. Retrieved February 18, 2023. With accompanying pictures
  6. ^ "Phipps Street Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  7. ^ The National Register of Historic Places, 1976. National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. 1976. p. 348.
  8. ^ "Dorchester North Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Copp's Hill Burial Ground". National Park Service. Retrieved February 18, 2023. With accompanying pictures
  10. ^ "Copp's Hill Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  11. ^ "Granary Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  12. ^ "Westerly". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  13. ^ "Walter Street Burial Ground". MACRIS. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  14. ^ "Walter Street Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  15. ^ "Central Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  16. ^ "Market Street Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  17. ^ "Bunker Hill Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  18. ^ "South End Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  19. ^ "South End Burial Ground". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  20. ^ "Dorchester South Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  21. ^ "Dorchester South Burying Ground". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  22. ^ a b Year officially sanctioned. In use prior to this date.
  23. ^ "Hawes/Union Burying Ground". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  24. ^ "Hawes Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  25. ^ "Saint Francis de Sales Parish Cemetery". Saint Francis de Sales Parish. Archived from the original on April 5, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  26. ^ "Saint Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church". MACRIS. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  27. ^ "Bennington Street". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  28. ^ "Bennington Street Burying Ground". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  29. ^ "Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  30. ^ "About Us". Forest Hills Cemetery. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  31. ^ "Forest Hills Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  32. ^ "About". Codman Burial Ground. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  33. ^ "Codman Square Institutional Area". MACRIS. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  34. ^ "Evergreen Cemetery". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  35. ^ a b c d "History". Boston Catholic Cemetery Association. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  36. ^ "Mount Hope Cemetery". City of Boston. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  37. ^ "History". St. Mary of the Assumption. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  38. ^ "A Brief History". Cedar Grove Cemetery. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  39. ^ "Cedar Grove Cemetery". Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  40. ^ "History & Future". The Gardens Cemetery. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  41. ^ "West Roxbury/Centre Street Cemeteries". JCAM. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  42. ^ "Hat In Hand Cemetery". JewishGen. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  43. ^ "Mount Benedict Catholic Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  44. ^ "West Roxbury/Grove Street". JCAM. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  45. ^ "Grove Street Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  46. ^ "History". Holyhood Cemetery Association. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  47. ^ "Fairview Cemetery". City of Boston. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  48. ^ "St. Michael Cemetery – serving the Greater Boston community for over 100 years". St. Michael Cemetery. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  49. ^ "Mount Lebanon Jewish Cemetery". MACRIS. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  50. ^ "West Roxbury/Baker Street Cemeteries". JCAM. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
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