List of cemeteries in the United States
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
- List of historic cemeteries in Alabama, from the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register[1]
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)
California
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
- Abbey of Regina Laudis Cemetery, Bethlehem
- Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford
- Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven
- Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport
Delaware
- Immanuel Episcopal Church on the Green
- Newark Union Church and Cemetery
District of Columbia
Alexander Macomb's grave at the Congressional Cemetery
- 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
- Caballero Rivero Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum, Miami
- South Florida National Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery (West Palm Beach, Florida)
Georgia
- 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
Idaho
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
- 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
Kansas
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
- 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
Massachusetts
- Edson Cemetery, Lowell
- Granary Burying Ground, Boston (17th century)
- Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River[2]
- Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord[2]
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[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
Nebraska
Nevada
- Austin Cemetery
- Goodsprings Cemetery
- St. Thomas Memorial Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery, Las Vegas
New Hampshire
- Ambleside Cemetery, Barrington[2]
- Beebe Family Cemetery, Star Island, Isles of Shoals[2]
- Pine Hill Cemetery, Hollis (Blood Cemetery)[7]
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
- Fort Bayard National Cemetery
- Santa Fe National Cemetery
New York
- 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 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
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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
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
- Spring Hill Cemetery (Historic District)
- West Virginia National Cemetery
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
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[9]
See also
- Boot Hill
- List of rural cemeteries in the United States
- United States National Cemetery System
References
- "Alabama Historic Cemetery Register" (PDF). Alabama Historical Commission. November 20, 2022.
- 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
- 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
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