Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts

Granary Burying Ground is a christian cemetery near Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It was established in 1660. The grounds sit at about 59 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 69 notable people buried here, including Samuel Adams, John Hancock and Paul Revere. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 618407. The nearest other listed cemetery is Kings Chapel Burying Ground, about 0.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is J.S. Waterman Langone Chapel in Boston, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in Suffolk County, and 152 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.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Boston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 8 writers, 7 governors, 3 business leaders, 2 artists, 2 journalists, 2 Revolutionary War veterans, 1 architect, 1 inventor or engineer.

• Samuel Adams1722-1803
  American statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States
• John Hancock1737-1793
  American Patriot and statesman during the American Revolution
• Paul Revere1735-1818
  American silversmith and Patriot in the American Revolution
• Wendell Phillips1811-1884
  American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator and lawyer
• John Jeffries1744-1819
  Boston physician, scientist, and military surgeon
• James Otis1725-1783
  Lawyer in colonial Massachusetts
• Robert Treat Paine1731-1814
  American lawyer and judge, signer of the US Declaration of Independence
• James Bowdoin1726-1790
  American leader during the American Revolution
• Crispus Attucks1723-1770
  African American/Native American, first victim of the Boston Massacre
• Samuel Sewall1652-1730
  Salem witch trial judge; early abolitionist; chief justice of Massachusetts
• Christopher Gore1758-1827
  Massachusetts Federalist politician; governor and senator
• Increase Sumner1746-1799
  Governor of Massachusetts; Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Associate Justice

People whose Wikidata entry gives Granary 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.

• Kings Chapel Burying Ground

  Boston, MA
  Church cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Central Burying Ground

  125 Boylston Street, Boston, MA · est. 1756
  Church cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Copps Hill Burial Ground

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

  0.7 mi
• Phipps Street Burying Ground

  Charlestown, MA
  Cemetery

  1.3 mi
• South End South Burying Ground

  Roxbury Crossing, MA
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Bunker Hill Burying Ground

  Charlestown, MA
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• St Francis De Sales Cemetery

  Charlestown, MA
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Saint Augustine Burying Ground

  Boston, MA
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Eliot Cemetery

  Roxbury Crossing, 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
  0.8 mi
• Langone Jos A Jr Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Boston · (617) 227-2434
  0.8 mi
• Rogers Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Cambridge · (617) 876-8964
  1.4 mi
• Carr Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Charlestown · (617) 242-1509
  1.5 mi
• Casper Funeral & Cremation Services

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

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

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