List of cemeteries in the United States explained

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

See main article: List of cemeteries in Alabama.

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

Alaska

See main article: List of cemeteries in Alaska.

Arizona

See main article: List of cemeteries in Arizona.

• 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

See main article: List of cemeteries in Arkansas.

California

See main article: List of cemeteries in California.

Colorado

See main article: List of cemeteries in Colorado.

• Church of the Brethren, Hygiene, Colorado
• Fairmount Cemetery, Denver
• Fairmount Mausoleum, Denver
• Fairview Cemetery, Colorado Springs
• Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver
• Fort Lyon National Cemetery, Las Animas
• Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins
• Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge
• Pikes Peak National Cemetery, Colorado Springs
• Riverside Cemetery, Denver
• Silver Cliff Cemetery
• Tower of Memories, Wheat Ridge
• United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Colorado Springs

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado

• Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs
• Riverside Cemetery, Denver
• Tower of Memories
• Ute Cemetery

Connecticut

See main article: List of cemeteries in Connecticut.

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

Delaware

See main article: List of cemeteries in Delaware.

• Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green
• Newark Union Church and Cemetery

District of Columbia

• Battleground National Cemetery
• Congressional Cemetery
• Glenwood Cemetery
• Holy Rood Cemetery
• Jesuit Community Cemetery (on the campus of Georgetown University)
• Mount Olivet Cemetery
• Oak Hill Cemetery
• Prospect Hill Cemetery
• Rock Creek Cemetery
• United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery
• Washington National Cathedral
• Woodlawn Cemetery

Florida

See main article: List of cemeteries in Florida.

• Caballero Rivero Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum, Miami
• South Florida National Cemetery
• Woodlawn Cemetery (West Palm Beach, Florida)

Georgia

See main article: List of cemeteries in Georgia (U.S. state).

• Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah
• Greenwood Cemetery, Atlanta
• Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon
• South-View Cemetery, Atlanta
• Mordecai Sheftall Cemetery, Savannah
• Levi Sheftall Family Cemetery, Savannah
• Westview Cemetery, Atlanta

Hawaii

See main article: List of cemeteries in Hawaii.

Idaho

See main article: List of cemeteries in Idaho (A-L) and List of cemeteries in Idaho (M-Z).

Illinois

See main article: List of cemeteries in Illinois.

• All Saints Cemetery, des Plaines
• Bachelor's Grove Cemetery, Chicago
• Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip
• Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island (listed on the cemetery National Registry in 1994)
• Evergreen Cemetery, Bloomington
• German Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois
• Graceland Cemetery, Chicago
• Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Worth
• Homewood Memorial Gardens, Homewood
• Lake Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest
• Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island
• Montrose Cemetery, Chicago
• Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside
• Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield
• Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago
• Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside
• Ramsey Cemetery
• Restvale Cemetery, Alsip
• Riverside Cemetery, Moline
• Rock Island National Cemetery
• Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago
• St. Adalbert Cemetery, Niles
• Westlawn Cemetery, Chicago
• Showmen's Rest (circus performers)

Indiana

See main article: List of cemeteries in Indiana.

• 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

See main article: List of cemeteries in Iowa.

Kansas

See main article: List of cemeteries in Kansas.

Kentucky

See main article: List of cemeteries in Kentucky.

• Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Jessamine County
• Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville
• Danville National Cemetery, Danville
• Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort
• Lebanon National Cemetery, Lebanon
• Lexington Cemetery, Lexington
• Mill Springs National Cemetery, Nancy
• St. Louis Cemetery, Louisville
• Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville

Louisiana

See main article: List of cemeteries in Louisiana.

• 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

See main article: List of cemeteries in Maine.

Maryland

See main article: List of cemeteries in Maryland.

Massachusetts

See main article: List of cemeteries in Massachusetts.

See also: List of cemeteries in Boston, Massachusetts.

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

Michigan

See main article: List of cemeteries in Michigan.

Minnesota

See main article: List of cemeteries in Minnesota.

Mississippi

See main article: List of cemeteries in Mississippi.

Missouri

See main article: List of cemeteries in Missouri.

See also: List of cemeteries in Boone County, Missouri.

• 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
• 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

See main article: List of cemeteries in Montana.

Nebraska

See also: List of Cemeteries in Omaha.

• Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha
• Fort McPherson National Cemetery
• St. John's Evangelical Lutheran German Church and Cemetery
• Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln

Nevada

See main article: List of cemeteries in Nevada.

• Austin Cemetery
• Goodsprings Cemetery
• St. Thomas Memorial Cemetery
• Woodlawn Cemetery, Las Vegas

New Hampshire

See main article: List of cemeteries in New Hampshire.

New Jersey

See main article: List of cemeteries in New Jersey.

See also: List of cemeteries in Hudson County, New Jersey.

• Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson
• Fairview Cemetery, Westfield
• Floral Park Cemetery, South Brunswick
• Gate of Heaven Cemetery
• Harleigh Cemetery, Camden
• Hillside Cemetery
• Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark
• Princeton Cemetery, Princeton
• Riverview Cemetery, Trenton

New Mexico

See main article: List of cemeteries in New Mexico.

• Fort Bayard National Cemetery
• Santa Fe National Cemetery

New York

See main article: List of cemeteries in New York and List of cemeteries in New York City.

• Baron Hirsch Cemetery, Staten Island
• Bayside Cemetery, Ozone Park, Queens
• Beth David Cemetery, Elmont, Long Island
• Calvary Cemetery (Queens), Woodside, New York
• Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn and Queens
• Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale
• Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica
• Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo
• Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne
• Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
• Hartsdale Pet Cemetery and Crematory, Hartsdale – National Register of Historic Places since 2012
• Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla
• Locust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, New York
• Machpelah Cemetery, Glendale, Queens
• Montefiore Cemetery, Springfield Gardens, Queens
• Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens
• Mount Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens
• Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester
• Mount Zion Cemetery (Elmweir), Maspeth, Queens
• New Montefiore Cemetery, West Babylon, New York
• Saint Charles Cemetery, East Farmingdale
• Salem Fields Cemetery, Cypress Hills, Brooklyn
• Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow
• Trinity Church Cemetery, Manhattan
• Washington Cemetery, Mapleton, Brooklyn
• Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson
• White Plains Rural Cemetery, White Plains
• Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx
• Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira

North Carolina

See main article: List of cemeteries in North Carolina.

North Dakota

See main article: List of cemeteries in North Dakota.

Ohio

See main article: List of cemeteries in Ohio.

Oklahoma

See main article: List of cemeteries in Oklahoma.

Oregon

See main article: List of cemeteries in Oregon.

Pennsylvania

See main article: List of cemeteries in Pennsylvania.

• 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

See main article: List of cemeteries in Rhode Island.

• 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

See main article: List of cemeteries in South Carolina.

South Dakota

• Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis
• De Smet Cemetery, De Smet
• Fort Meade National Cemetery, Sturgis
• Hot Springs National Cemetery, Hot Springs
• Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood
• Saint John Cemetery, Beresford

Tennessee

See main article: List of cemeteries in Tennessee.

• Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga
• Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis
• Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis
• Graceland, Memphis
• Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville
• Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis
• Spring Hill Cemetery, Nashville
• Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville

Texas

See main article: List of cemeteries in Texas.

• 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^[7]
• Olivewood Cemetery, Houston – the city's earliest African-American cemetery, founded around 1870
• Texas State Cemetery, Austin
• Whittaker Memorial Cemetery, Kildare, Texas

Utah

See main article: List of Cemeteries in Utah.

Vermont

See main article: List of cemeteries in Vermont.

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

Virginia

• 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

• 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

• Greenbrier Memorial Gardens
• Spring Hill Cemetery (Historic District)
• West Virginia National Cemetery
• Mountain View Memorial Park

Wisconsin

• Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee
• Evergreen Cemetery, Menomonie
• Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee
• Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison
• Historic St. Ann's, Greenwood
• La Belle Cemetery, Oconomowoc
• La Pointe Indian Cemetery, La Pointe, Wisconsin
• Mound Cemetery (Racine, Wisconsin)
• Mount Olivet Cemetery, Janesville
• Mount Olivet Cemetery (Milwaukee), Milwaukee
• Peshtigo Fire Cemetery, Peshtigo
• Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh
• Riverside Cemetery, Withee
• Rutland United Brethren, Rutland
• St. Augustine, Trenton
• St. Joseph of the Lake, Menominee Indian Reservation
• Stockbridge Indian Cemetery, Stockbridge
• Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee

Wyoming

See main article: List of cemeteries in Wyoming.

Territories and former territories

Guam

• Guam Veterans Cemetery
• Sumay Cemetery, on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Guam
• Guam Windward Memorial
• U.S. Naval Cemetery

Puerto Rico

• Atlantic Gardens Veterans Cemetery
• Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul
• Cementerio Municipal de Mayaguez
• Old Urban Cemetery
• Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro
• Puerto Rico National Cemetery
• Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery

Republic of Palau

• Olekull Ra Ngersuul

United States Virgin Islands

See also

• Boot Hill
• List of rural cemeteries in the United States
• United States National Cemetery System

Notes and References

1. Web site: November 20, 2022 . Alabama Historic Cemetery Register . Alabama Historical Commission.
2. Rogak, Lisa (2004), Stones and Bones of New England: A guide to unusual, historic, and otherwise notable cemeteries, Globe Pequat;
3. http://home.windstream.net/krosborn/Alexander%20Cemetery.htm Alexander Cemetery
4. http://www.bcmp.org Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery
5. Book: Conquering the Wilderness, Or, New Pictorial History of the Life and Times ... – Frank Triplett, Felix Octavius Carr Darley. 407. thomas eddie triplett.. Internet Archive. Northwestern Publishing Company. 1980-01-01. 2014-01-10.
6. News: . 'A public disgrace': The forgotten desecration of bodies at Kansas City Union Cemetery . Eric . Adler . March 26, 2023 . August 4, 2023.
7. News: Border fence threatens family burial ground — and a slice of African American history. Hennessy-Fiske. Molly. February 19, 2018. Los Angeles Times. 2019-04-06.