ENBoston's Cemetery Division
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Boston's Cemetery DivvisionNow apart of the [[City of Boston|City of Boston's]] Parks and Recreation Commission, this municipal branch currently manages thirteen historic cemeteries now in the city limits and three active cemeteries that are often considered 'public cemeteries'. These include:
[[King's Chapel Burying Ground]] (1630)
[[Phipps Street Burying Ground]] (1630)
[[Copp’s Hill Burying Ground]] (1659)
[[Granary Burying Ground]] (1660)
[[Central Burying Ground]] (1754)
[[Market Street Burying Ground]] (1764)
[[South End Burying Ground]] (1810)
[[Bunker Hill Burying Ground]] (1816)
[[Hawes Burying Ground]] (1816)
[[Bennington Street Cemetery]] (1838)
[[Eliot Burying Ground]] (1630)
[[Dorchester North Burying Ground]] (1633)
[[Westerly Burying Ground]] (1683)
[[Walter Street Burying Ground]] (1711)
[[Dorchester South Burying Ground (1810)
[[Union Cemetery]] (1841)
| Boston's Superintendent of Burying Grounds |
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