List_of_cemeteries_in_the_United_States Knowpia

The list of cemeteries in the United States includes both active and historic sites, and does not include pet cemeteries. At the end of the list by states, cemeteries in territories of the United States are included. The list is for notable cemeteries and is not an attempt to list all the cemeteries in the United States.

Alabama edit

List of historic cemeteries in Alabama, from the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register^[1]

Alaska edit

Arizona edit

Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone
Citizens Cemetery, Flagstaff (site of mass grave of victims of 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision)
City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe
Glendale Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale
Grand Canyon Pioneer Cemetery
Greenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery, Phoenix
Hardyville Pioneer Cemetery, Bullhead City
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix
Pioneer and Military Memorial Park, Phoenix
Prescott National Cemetery, Prescott
St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, Phoenix
Twin Buttes Cemetery, Twin Buttes (ghost town)

Arkansas edit

California edit

Colorado edit

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado edit

Connecticut edit

Abbey of Regina Laudis Cemetery, Bethlehem
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford
Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven
Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport

Delaware edit

District of Columbia edit

Alexander Macomb's grave at the Congressional Cemetery

Florida edit

Georgia edit

Hawaii edit

Idaho edit

Illinois edit

Indiana edit

Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis
Greenlawn Cemetery, Indianapolis
Heady Lane Cemetery, Fishers
Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne
Noggle Cemetery, Cass Township, Pulaski County
Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Parke County
Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie

Iowa edit

Kansas edit

Kentucky edit

Louisiana edit

Chalmette National Cemetery, Chalmette
Girod Street Cemetery (defunct)
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans
Holt Cemetery, New Orleans
Locust Grove State Historic Site, St. Francisville
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans
Minden Cemetery, Minden
Port Hudson National Cemetery
Saint Louis Cemetery, New Orleans

Maine edit

Maryland edit

Massachusetts edit

Edson Cemetery, Lowell
Granary Burying Ground, Boston (17th century)
Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River^[2]
Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord^[2]

Michigan edit

Minnesota edit

Mississippi edit

Missouri edit

Alexander Cemetery, Carterville^[3]
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis
Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery, Marble Hill^[4]
Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis
Cold Water Cemetery, Florissant, St. Louis County
Columbia Cemetery, Columbia
Eddie Cemetery, St. Louis County^[5]
Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri
Father Dickson Cemetery, Crestwood, St. Louis County^[5]
Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri
Grand View Burial Park, Hannibal
Greenwood Cemetery, Hillsdale, Missouri
Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site, Columbia
Mount Zion Cemetery, Boone County
Quinette Cemetery, Kirkwood, St. Louis County
Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri^[6]
Washington Park Cemetery, Berkeley, St. Louis County

Montana edit

Nebraska edit

Nevada edit

New Hampshire edit

Ambleside Cemetery, Barrington^[2]
Beebe Family Cemetery, Star Island, Isles of Shoals^[2]
Pine Hill Cemetery, Hollis (Blood Cemetery)^[7]

New Jersey edit

New Mexico edit

New York edit

North Carolina edit

North Dakota edit

Ohio edit

Oklahoma edit

Oregon edit

Pennsylvania edit

Chester Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pennsylvania
Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia
Eden Cemetery, Collingdale
Greenwood Cemetery, Pittsburgh
Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
Lebanon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Monument Cemetery, Philadelphia
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia and Yeadon
Mount Peace Cemetery, Philadelphia
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia
Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester
Wildwood Cemetery (Pennsylvania), Williamsport, Pennsylvania
The Woodlands, Philadelphia

Rhode Island edit

Arnold Burying Ground, Newport
Chestnut Hill Baptist Church and Cemetery, Exeter^[2]
Common Burying Ground, Newport (adjacent to Island Cemetery), established in 1640
DeWolf Cemetery, Bristol^[2]
Island Cemetery, Newport (adjacent to Common Burying Ground)
Little Neck Cemetery, East Providence
Newport Memorial Park Cemetery, Middletown^[2]
North Burial Ground, Providence, oldest cemetery in Providence
Old Burying Ground, Little Compton^[2]
Old Friends' Burial Ground, Jamestown^[2]
Precious Blood Cemetery, Woonsocket^[2]
Prince's Hill Cemetery, Barrington, Rhode Island
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence
Touro Cemetery, Newport – colonial era Jewish cemetery, subject of a famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

South Carolina edit

South Dakota edit

Tennessee edit

Texas edit

Texas State Cemetery, Austin

Der Stadt Friedhof, Fredericksburg – pioneer cemetery
Founders Memorial Cemetery, Houston – oldest cemetery in Houston
Jackson Ranch Church Cemetery and Eli Jackson Cemetery, Hidalgo County, Texas^[8]
Olivewood Cemetery, Houston – the city's earliest African-American cemetery, founded around 1870
Texas State Cemetery, Austin
Whittaker Memorial Cemetery, Kildare, Texas

Utah edit

Vermont edit

Laurel Glen Cemetery, Cuttingsville^[2]
Lyndon Center Cemetery, Lyndon Center^[2]

Virginia edit

African Burial Ground, Richmond, Virginia (a.k.a. Shockoe Bottom African Burial Ground)
Alexandria National Cemetery, Alexandria
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington
Barton Heights Cemeteries, Richmond, Virginia
Belmont Plantation, Loudoun County, Family and slave cemeteries
Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg
Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington
Dumfries Cemetery, Dumfries
East End Cemetery, Richmond
Evergreen Cemetery, Richmond
Cemetery for Hebrew Confederate Soldiers, Richmond – the only Jewish military cemetery outside Israel
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond
Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
Richmond National Cemetery
Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery, Arlington
Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, Richmond, Virginia
Richmond's African Burial Grounds and Historic African American Cemeteries
Woodland Cemetery, Richmond – historically African American cemetery

Washington edit

Calvary Cemetery, in the Ravenna/Bryant neighborhood of Seattle
Comet Lodge Cemetery, Beacon Hill, Seattle – abandoned; founded 1895
Evergreen Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle
Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Seattle, adjacent to Lake View Cemetery
Greenwood Memorial Park, Renton
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle
Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent

West Virginia edit

Wisconsin edit

Wyoming edit

Territories and former territories edit

Federated States of Micronesia edit

Guam edit

Puerto Rico edit

Republic of Palau edit

Olekull Ra Ngersuul^[9]

United States Virgin Islands edit

References edit

^ "Alabama Historic Cemetery Register" (PDF). Alabama Historical Commission. November 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l 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
^ Alexander Cemetery Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
^ Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery
^ ^a ^b Conquering the Wilderness, Or, New Pictorial History of the Life and Times ... – Frank Triplett, Felix Octavius Carr Darley. Northwestern Publishing Company. 1980-01-01. p. 407. Retrieved 2014-01-10 – via Internet Archive. thomas eddie triplett.
^ Adler, Eric (March 26, 2023). "'A public disgrace': The forgotten desecration of bodies at Kansas City Union Cemetery". Kansas City Star. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
^ "Haunted Blood Cemetery in Nashua|!!| NH". New Hampshire Magazine. 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
^ Hennessy-Fiske, Molly (February 19, 2018). "Border fence threatens family burial ground — and a slice of African American history". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Olekull Ra Ngersuul

[1] "Alabama Historic Cemetery Register" (PDF). Alabama Historical Commission. November 20, 2022.

[Rogak-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l 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

[3] Alexander Cemetery Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery

[:0-5] Conquering the Wilderness, Or, New Pictorial History of the Life and Times ... – Frank Triplett, Felix Octavius Carr Darley. Northwestern Publishing Company. 1980-01-01. p. 407. Retrieved 2014-01-10 – via Internet Archive. thomas eddie triplett.

[disgrace-6] Adler, Eric (March 26, 2023). "'A public disgrace': The forgotten desecration of bodies at Kansas City Union Cemetery". Kansas City Star. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

[7] "Haunted Blood Cemetery in Nashua|!!| NH". New Hampshire Magazine. 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2022-05-06.

[8] Hennessy-Fiske, Molly (February 19, 2018). "Border fence threatens family burial ground — and a slice of African American history". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-04-06.

[9] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Olekull Ra Ngersuul

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