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This list of cemeteries in Pennsylvania includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed)
cemeteries A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
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columbaria A columbarium (; pl. columbaria) is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns, holding cremated remains of the deceased. The term can also mean the nesting boxes of pigeons. The term comes from the Latin "'' colu ...
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mausolea A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or Chamber tomb, burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum ...
which are historical and/or notable. It does not include
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Cemeteries in Pennsylvania

* Allegheny Cemetery,
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Arlington Cemetery (Pennsylvania) Arlington Cemetery is a cemetery in the Drexel Hill neighborhood of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. Overview The Arlington Cemetery Company was founded in 1895. The cemetery occupies roughly . on State Road in Drexel Hill, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania ...
, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania * Beechwoods Cemetery, Washington Township, Jefferson County * Bergstrasse Cemetery *
Calvary Catholic Cemetery (Pittsburgh) Calvary Catholic Cemetery is located at 718 Hazelwood Avenue in the Greenfield and Hazelwood neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1886 with the purchase of a 200-acre (80-hectare) tract. The first official interment ...
, Pittsburgh - * Cedar Hill Cemetery,
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Cedar Lawn Cemetery Cedar Lawn Cemetery is a rural cemetery in Paterson, New Jersey, and is also considered one of the finest Victorian cemeteries in the USA. Cedar Lawn Cemetery officially opened in September 1867, and recorded its first burial on September 27, 186 ...
, Lancaster *
Charles Baber Cemetery Charles Baber Cemetery is a cemetery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. The Cemetery is situated on 25 acres of central Pottsville, between 12th and 16th Street. History The stone wall which surrounds the entire cemetery was built during the 1800s by m ...
, Pottsville, Schuylkill County *
Charles Evans Cemetery Charles Evans Cemetery is an historic, nonsectarian, garden-style cemetery located in the city of Reading, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Charles Evans (1768-1847), a son of Quaker parents and native of Philadelphia who became a prominent attorne ...
, Reading, Berks County *
Chester Rural Cemetery Chester Rural Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery founded in March 1863 in Chester, Pennsylvania. Some of the first burials were Civil War soldiers, both Union and Confederate, who died at the government hospital located at the nearby building w ...
, Chester, Delaware County *
Chestnut Ridge and Schellsburg Union Church and Cemetery Chestnut Ridge and Schellsburg Union Church and Cemetery is a historic church and cemetery in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The church was built by members of the Reformed and Lutheran churches in 1806. It was used by both congregations until 18 ...
, Bedford County * Christ Church Burial Ground,
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* Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery, Stroudsburg * Clinton Cemetery, New Beaver * East Harrisburg Cemetery,
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Easton Cemetery Easton Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Easton, Pennsylvania and the burial site of many notable individuals. ''Note:'' This includes The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Easton Cemetery's ...
, Easton * Eden Cemetery, Collingdale * Erie Cemetery, Erie * Evergreen Cemetery (Adams County, Pennsylvania), Cumberland Township, Adams County *
Fair Hill Burial Ground Fair Hill Burial Ground is a historic cemetery in the Fairhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by the Religious Society of Friends in 1703, it fell into disuse until the 1840s when it was revived by the Hicksite Quaker communi ...
, Philadelphia * Fairview Cemetery, Pen Argyl *Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas, Luzerne County *
Gettysburg National Cemetery Gettysburg National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery created for Union casualties from the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg, which was fought between July 1 to 3, 1863, resulted in the larges ...
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Glen Dyberry Cemetery Glen Dyberry Cemetery is located in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Description The cemetery, alongside the Dyberry Creek, was granted organization in 1854 and features meandering pathways, hillside plots, and many ornamented burial markers. The cemete ...
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Honesdale Honesdale is a borough in and the county seat of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough's population was 4,458 at the time of the 2020 census. Honesdale is located northeast of Scranton in a rural area that provides many recrea ...
* Glenwood Memorial Gardens, Broomall * God's Acre Cemetery,
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(historic Moravian graveyard) * Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown * Greenwood Cemetery,
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* Greenwood Cemetery,
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Har Nebo Cemetery Har Nebo Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery in the Oxford Circle neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Established in 1890, it is the oldest privately owned Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia. It is named for Mount Nebo, a Jordanian mountain mention ...
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Harrisburg Cemetery Harrisburg Cemetery, sometimes referred to as Mount Kalmia Cemetery, is a prominent rural cemetery and national historic district in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, located at 13th and Liberty streets in the Allison Hill/East Harrisburg neighborhoods o ...
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* Highland Cemetery (City of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania), Lock Haven, Clinton County *
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania) Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia and located in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania. It has a Philadelphia mailing address, 3301 West Cheltenham Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...
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Homewood Cemetery Homewood Cemetery is a historic urban cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in Point Breeze and is bordered by Frick Park, the neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, and the smaller Smithfield Cemetery. It was established i ...
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Squirrel Hill Squirrel Hill is a residential neighborhood in the East End of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The city officially divides it into two neighborhoods, Squirrel Hill North and Squirrel Hill South, but it is almost universally treated a ...
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Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Indiantown Gap National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in East Hanover Township, in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it occupies approximately , and has over 6 ...
, Annville * Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia *
Lafayette Cemetery Lafayette Cemetery was a cemetery in the Passyunk Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1828 and originally intended for 14,000 burials but over time fell into disrepair and became overcrowded with 47,000 buria ...
, Philadelphia *
Laurel Hill Cemetery Laurel Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia. Founded in 1836, it was the second major rural cemetery in the United States after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts. The cemetery is ...
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Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
, garden cemetery founded 1836 *
Lawnview Memorial Park Lawnview Memorial Park, also referred to as Lawnview Cemetery, is a cemetery located at 500 Huntingdon Pike in Rockledge, Pennsylvania. It is 82 acres in size and is managed by the Odd Fellows Cemetery Company of Philadelphia. It contains the reb ...
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Rockledge, Pennsylvania Rockledge is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,638 as of the 2020 census. Rockledge is surrounded by Abington Township, and Philadelphia, and shares a ZIP Code with Jenkintown. Geography Accordin ...
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Lebanon Cemetery Lebanon Cemetery was an African-American cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania established in 1849. It was one of only two private African-American cemeteries in Philadelphia at the time. Lebanon Cemetery was condemned in 1899. The bodies were r ...
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Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
* Leverington Cemetery, Philadelphia * Lincoln Cemetery,
Chambersburg Chambersburg is a borough in and the county seat of Franklin County, in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is in the Cumberland Valley, which is part of the Great Appalachian Valley, and north of Maryland and the Mas ...
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Lincoln Cemetery (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Lincoln Cemetery was founded in November 1877 by the Wesley Union African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (A.M.E. Zion Church), and is located at 201 South 30th Street in the Penbrook area of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. History The oldest ext ...
* Lobb's Cemetery and Yohogania County Courthouse Site, West Elizabeth * Magnolia Cemetery,
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Mikveh Israel Cemetery Mikveh Israel Cemetery is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, giving evidence of a settled community as early as 1740. A number of outstanding patriots, pioneers, and other notables of the Jewish faith who made important con ...
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Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
, oldest Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia; founded 1738 *
Mikveh Israel Cemetery (11th and Federal) The Mikveh Israel Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery known as the Federal Street Burial Ground and located at 11th and Federal Streets in the Passyunk Square neighborhood of South Philadelphia. It was first called Beth Hahayim ( he, בית החיים ...
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Monongahela Cemetery The Monongahela Cemetery is an historic rural cemetery in Monongahela, Pennsylvania that was established in 1863. Landscape architects Hare & Hare designed a portion of the property. History and notable features The cemetery was listed on the U. ...
, Monongahela * Montgomery Cemetery, West Norriton Township *
Monument Cemetery Monument Cemetery was a rural cemetery located at the current day intersection of Broad and Berks Street in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1837 to 1956. It was the second rural cemetery in Philadelphia after Laurel Hill Cemetery. It was ...
, Philadelphia * Mount Carmel Cemetery, Philadelphia * Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Philadelphia * Mount Moriah Cemetery,
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* Mount Olivet Cemetery,
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Mount Peace Cemetery Mount Peace Cemetery is a cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that is owned and operated by the Odd Fellows organization. It was established in 1865 and is located at 3111 West Lehigh Avenue, near the Laurel Hill Cemetery. The cemetery prope ...
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Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
* Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia *
National Cemetery of the Alleghenies The National Cemetery of the Alleghenies covers in Cecil Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania approximately southwest of Pittsburgh. The cemetery was dedicated on October 9, 2005 by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' Nati ...
, Bridgeville * Norris City Cemetery, East Norriton Township *
Northwood Cemetery Northwood Cemetery is a cemetery located in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was established in 1878. Notable interments * George Bradley (1852–1931) Major League Baseball player. * Duke Esper (1 ...
, Philadelphia * Odd Fellows Cemetery,
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; founded 1849 and removed circa 1951 * Oakland Cemetery, Indiana * Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester * Old Swedish Burial Ground / St. Paul's Graveyard, Chester, Delaware County *
Palmer Cemetery Palmer Cemetery, originally known as the Kensington Burial Grounds, was established around 1732 in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia. The cemetery holds the remains of many of the original families of Kensington such as the Cramp and Shib ...
, Philadelphia *
Philadelphia National Cemetery Philadelphia National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1862 as nine leased lots in seven private cemeteries in the Philadelphia region ...
, Philadelphia *
Pomfret Manor Cemetery Pomfret Manor Cemetery is a cemetery located in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Former members of the United States Congress and U.S. Medal of Honor winners are among the notable interments here. History Incorporated as the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Company ...
, Sunbury * Providence Quaker Cemetery and Chapel, Perryopolis *
Resurrection Cemetery Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and is resurrected. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions, whic ...
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Roosevelt Memorial Park Roosevelt may refer to: * Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), 26th U.S. president * Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), 32nd U.S. president Businesses and organisations * Roosevelt Hotel (disambiguation) * Roosevelt & Son, a merchant bank * Roose ...
, Trevose * Shalom Memorial Park and Cemetery, Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery County *
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Ortho ...
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Springfield Springfield may refer to: * Springfield (toponym), the place name in general Places and locations Australia * Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast) * Springfield, New South Wales (Snowy Monaro Regional Council) * Springfield, Queenslan ...
* St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery,
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
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St. Mary Cemetery, Pittsburgh Saint Mary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic burial ground located at 45th and Penn Avenues in the Central Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US. It is adjacent (just south) of the city's slightly older and much larger Allegheny ...
* St. Paul's Union Church and Cemetery,
Ringtown Ringtown is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is approximately 5 miles north northwest of Shenandoah and 17 miles west southwest of Hazleton. Other nearby towns and boroughs include Zion Grove, Pattersonville and ...
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Slate Hill Cemetery Slate Hill Burying Ground (also known as Old Slate Hill Burying Ground and Yardley Cemetery) is a historic cemetery in Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania, with most of its graves dating to 18th century Quaker settlers. It is located at Yardle ...
, Morrisville * Swissdale Cemetery, Swissdale, Clinton County * Swissdale Evangelical Cemetery, Swissdale, Clinton County *
Trinity Cemetery Trinity Cemetery was founded on Trinity Sunday (20 June) in 1869 as the first cemetery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie. It is located on West Lake Road in Erie, Pennsylvania. The parish cemeteries of Holy Trinity and St. Stanislaus were incor ...
, Erie * Unity Cemetery, Latrobe *
Upper Burial Ground The Upper Burial Ground is a cemetery in the Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is notable as the last resting place of 58 American soldiers from the Battle of Germantown in the American Re ...
, Philadelphia * Vine St. Cemetery, Hazleton *
Washington Crossing National Cemetery Washington Crossing National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Upper Makefield Township, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It opened in late 2009 and occupies approximately . Administered by the United States Department of Vet ...
, Newtown * Weatherly Cemetery, Weatherly * West Laurel Hill Cemetery,
Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
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Wildwood Cemetery Wildwood Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Palmer and Wildwood Streets in Winchester, Massachusetts. The cemetery was founded in 1851 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. This cemetery was established using part of ...
, Williamsport * The Woodlands,
Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
, a National Historic Landmark


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See also

* List of cemeteries in the United States


References

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