List of cemeteries in Massachusetts

This is a list of cemeteries in Massachusetts.

Cemeteries in Massachusetts

Granary Burying Ground

Old Ship Church Cemetery, Hingham, Massachusetts

Westerly Burial Ground was established in 1683

Berkshire County

• Beth Israel Cemetery, North Adams
• Center Cemetery, Stockbridge[1]

Bristol County

• Assonet Burying Ground, Assonet
• Friends-Central Cemetery, Westport[2] - Paul Cuffe
• Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River[1] – Lizzie Borden
• Riverside Cemetery, Fairhaven

Dukes County

• Chilmark Cemetery, Chilmark – John Belushi, Lillian Hellman

Essex County

• Burying Point and Witch Trial Victims Memorial, Salem[1]
• Old Burial Hill, Marblehead[1]
• Old Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport[1]
• Old North Parish Burying Ground, North Andover – Anne Bradstreet
• Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn
• Swampscott Cemetery, Swampscott

Franklin County

• Deerfield Cemetery, Deerfield[1]
• Green River Cemetery, Greenfield[1]
• 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 – Emily Dickinson

Middlesex County

• Edson Cemetery, Lowell – Jack Kerouac
• Forestvale Cemetery, Hudson
• Lowell Cemetery, Lowell (1840s)
• Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge - List of burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery
• Newton Cemetery, Newton - Morrie Schwartz, Arnold Stang
• Salem Street Burying Ground, Medford (late 17th century)
• Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord – Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frederick Heyliger, Henry David Thoreau[1]
• Spring Hill Cemetery, Marlborough
• Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester

Nantucket County

• Founders Burial Ground, Nantucket
• Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket – Christopher Allport, Peter Benchley, David Halberstam

Norfolk County

• Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline
• Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline
• Brookdale Cemetery, Dedham
• Old Village Cemetery, Dedham
• Baby Cemetery, Dedham

Plymouth County

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

Suffolk County

• Granary Burying Ground, Boston (17th century) – Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere
• 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][3]
• Woodlawn Cemetery, Clinton

See also

• List of cemeteries in Boston
• List of cemeteries in the United States

References

1. Rogak, Lisa (2004), Stones and Bones of New England: A guide to unusual, historic, and otherwise notable cemeteries, Globe Pequat; ISBN 0-7627-3000-5
2. "Friends-Central Cemetery". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
3. Worcester County Memorial Park website; accessed May 19, 2014.