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Boston's Cemetery Division

Now apart of the 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'.

The cemeteries that were established in Boston include:
King's Chapel Burying Ground (1630)
Copp’s Hill Burying Ground (1659)
Granary Burying Ground (1660)
Central Burying Ground (1754)

These cemeteries were established by other municipalities outside of Boston before their respective town/neighborhoods were annexed by the City of Boston:
Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, MA (1630)
Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, MA (1630)
Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, MA (1633)
Westerly Burying Ground, West Roxbury, MA (1683)
Walter Street Burying Ground, Roxbury, MA (1711)
Market Street Burying Ground, Little Cambridge then Brighton, MA (1764)
South End Burying Ground, Roxbury, MA (1810)
Dorchester South Burying Ground, Dorchester, MA (1810)
Bunker Hill Burying Ground, Charlestown, MA (1816)
Hawes Burying Ground, South Boston, MA (1816)
Bennington Street Cemetery, East Boston, MA (1838)
Union Cemetery, South Boston, MA (1841)

Three are still currently active:
Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston (1852)
Evergreen Cemetery, Boston (1850)
Fairview Cemetery, Boston (1892)

17 subjects refer to Boston's Cemetery Division

Copp’s Hill Burying Ground — Boston's Cemetery Division
South End Burying Ground — Boston's Cemetery Division
Bunker Hill Burying Ground — Boston's Cemetery Division
Union Cemetery, Boston — Boston's Cemetery Division
Bennington Street Cemetery — Boston's Cemetery Division
Phipps Street Burying Ground — Boston's Cemetery Division
Eliot Burying Ground — Boston's Cemetery Division
Dorchester North Burying Ground — Boston's Cemetery Division
Westerly Burying Ground — Boston's Cemetery Division
Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston — Boston's Cemetery Division
Evergreen Cemetery, Boston — Boston's Cemetery Division
Hawes Burying Ground — Boston's Cemetery Devision
Central Burying Ground, Boston — Boston's Cemetery Division
King's Chapel Burying Ground — Boston's Cemetery Division
Fairview Cemetery, Boston — Boston's Cemetery Division
Dorchester South Burying Ground — Boston's Cemetery Division
Market Street Burying Ground — Boston's Cemetery Division

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