Central Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts

Central Burying Ground is a church cemetery in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It was established in 1756. It is operated by Boston Parks & Recreation Department. The grounds sit at about 33 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 21 notable people buried here, including Charles Sprague, Benjamin Bussey and Elizabeth Rowell Thompson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 600077. The nearest other listed cemetery is Granary Burying Ground, about 0.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is J.S. Waterman Langone Chapel in Boston, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Suffolk County, and 151 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Suffolk County dates to 1659. 3 of the 52 listings in Suffolk County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 2 business leaders, 1 artist, 1 writer.

• Charles Sprague1791-1875
  Boston businessman and poet
• Benjamin Bussey1757-1842
  American philanthropist
• Elizabeth Rowell Thompson1821-1899
  Philanthropist
• Amasa Davis1744-1825
  Boston Tea Party participant; 1744-1825
• Ann Otis Smith1755-1843
  3 Apr 1755 -
• Barney Smith1763-1828
• Caleb Loring1764-1850
• Charles Davis1777-1821
  American lawyer and politician
• Charles Harris1784-1848
  Physician
• Charles Russell Codman1784-1852
  1784-1852 Boston MA Collector
• George Alexander Otis Jr.1803-1831
• Hannah Gore1776-1851

People whose Wikidata entry gives Central Burying Ground as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.

• Granary Burying Ground

  Boston, MA · est. 1660
  Christian cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Kings Chapel Burying Ground

  Boston, MA
  Church cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Copps Hill Burial Ground

  VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton Campus, MA · est. 1659
  Cemetery

  1.1 mi
• South End South Burying Ground

  Roxbury Crossing, MA
  Cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Saint Augustine Burying Ground

  Boston, MA
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Phipps Street Burying Ground

  Charlestown, MA
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Eliot Cemetery

  Roxbury Crossing, MA
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Bunker Hill Burying Ground

  Charlestown, MA
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• St Francis De Sales Cemetery

  Charlestown, MA
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Hawes Burying Ground

  Boston, MA
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi

• J.S. Waterman Langone Chapel

  Funeral home · Boston · (617) 536-4110
  1.1 mi
• Langone Jos A Jr Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Boston · (617) 227-2434
  1.2 mi
• Wing Fook Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Boston · (617) 989-8833
  1.5 mi
• Rogers Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Cambridge · (617) 876-8964
  1.5 mi
• Casper Funeral & Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Boston · (617) 890-6181
  1.6 mi
• O'Brien Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Boston · (617) 269-1600
  1.6 mi

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