List of cemeteries in Boston
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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 | Downtown (Tremont Street) | Municipal (Puritan) | [1][2] | |
| Eliot Burying Ground | 1630 | Roxbury (Eustis & Washington Streets) | Municipal (Puritan) | [3][4][2] | |
| Phipps Street Burying Ground | 1630 | Charlestown (Phipps Street) | Municipal (Puritan) | 1.8 acres | [5][6] |
| Dorchester North Burying Ground | 1633 | Dorchester (Stoughton Street & Columbia Road) | Municipal (Puritan) | [7][8][2] | |
| Copp's Hill Burying Ground | 1659 | North End (Copp's Hill) | Municipal (Puritan) | [9][10][2] | |
| Granary Burying Ground | 1660 | Downtown (Tremont Street) | Municipal (Puritan) | [11][2] | |
| Westerly Burial Ground | 1683 | West Roxbury (Centre Street) | Municipal (Puritan) | [12][2] | |
| Walter Street Burying Ground | 1711 | Roslindale (Walter Street) | Municipal | 0.8 acres | [13][14][2] |
| Central Burying Ground | 1756 | Boston Common (Boylston & Tremont Streets) | Municipal | [15][2] | |
| Market Street Burying Ground | 1764 | Brighton (Market Street) | Municipal | [16][2] | |
| Bunker Hill Burying Ground | 1807 | Charlestown (Bunker Hill Street) | Municipal | [17][2] | |
| South End Burying Ground | 1810 | South End (Washington Street) | Municipal | [18][19][2] | |
| Dorchester South Burying Ground | 1814 | Dorchester (Dorchester Avenue) | Municipal | 2 acres | [20][21] |
| Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery | 1818 | South Boston (Dorchester Street) | Roman Catholic | 0.9 acres | [2] |
| Hawes/Union Burying Ground | 1821[22] | South Boston (Emerson & E 5th Streets) | 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] | |
| Toll Gate Cemetery | 1840 | Jamaica Plain / Roslindale | Roman Catholic | [29][2] | |
| Temple Ohabei Shalom Cemetery | 1844 | East Boston | Jewish | 2.4 acres | [30][2] |
| Forest Hills Cemetery | 1848 | Jamaica Plain | Non-Sectarian | 275 acres | [31][32][2] |
| Codman Burying Ground | 1848 | Dorchester | Protestant | [33][34][2] | |
| St. Joseph Catholic Church | 1850 | Roxbury | Roman Catholic | ||
| Evergreen Cemetery | 1850 | Brighton | Municipal | 20 acres | [35][2] |
| St. Mary's Cemetery | 1851 | Dorchester | Non-Sectarian | [36][2] | |
| Mount Hope Cemetery | 1852 | Roslindale / Mattapan | Municipal | 125 acres | [37][2] |
| Mount Calvary Cemetery | 1866 | Roslindale | Non-Sectarian | [36][2] | |
| St. Mary's Cemetery | 1867 | West Roxbury | Roman Catholic | [38][2] | |
| Cedar Grove Cemetery | 1868 | Dorchester | Non-Sectarian | [39][40][2] | |
| The Gardens (Gethsemane) Cemetery | 1873 | West Roxbury | Non-Sectarian | [41][2] | |
| Boston United Hand in Hand Cemetery | 1875 | West Roxbury / Dedham | Jewish | [42][43][2] | |
| Mount Benedict Cemetery | 1879 | West Roxbury | Non-Sectarian | [36][44][2] | |
| Grove Street Cemeteries | 1881 | West Roxbury | Jewish | [45][46][2] | |
| St. Joseph Cemetery | 1888 | West Roxbury | Non-Sectarian | ~200 acres | [47] |
| Fairview Cemetery | 1893 | Hyde Park | Municipal | [48][2] | |
| New Calvary Cemetery | 1899 | Mattapan | Non-Sectarian | [36][2] | |
| St. Michael Cemetery | 1905 | Jamaica Plain / Roslindale / Mattapan | Non-Sectarian | [49][2] | |
| Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries | 1920s | West Roxbury | Jewish | [50][51][2] | |
| Oak Lawn Cemetery | 1989 | Roslindale / Hyde Park | [2] | ||
