Boston's Cemetery Division

Now 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'. 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, Boston|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, Boston|Union Cemetery]], [[South Boston, MA]] (1841) Three are still currently active: [[Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston]] (1852) [[Evergreen Cemetery, Boston]] (1850) [[Fairview Cemetery, Boston]] (1892)

Now 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'. 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, Boston|Central Burying Ground]] (1754) [[South End Burying Ground]] (1810) [[Bunker Hill Burying Ground]] (1816) [[Hawes Burying Ground]] (1816) [[Bennington Street Cemetery]] (1838) These cemeteries were established 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) [[Dorchester South Burying Ground]], [[Dorchester, MA]] (1810) [[Union Cemetery, Boston|Union Cemetery]], [[South Boston, MA]] (1841) Three are still currently active: [[Mount Hope Cemetery, Boston]] (1852) [[Evergreen Cemetery, Boston]] (1850) [[Fairview Cemetery, Boston]] (1892)