Cemeteries In Maryland
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This list of cemeteries in Maryland includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed)
cemeteries A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many dead people are buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ) implies th ...
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columbaria A columbarium (; pl. columbaria), also called a cinerarium, is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns holding Cremation, cremated remains of the dead. The term comes from the Latin ''wikt:columba, columba'' (do ...
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mausolea A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of ...
which are historical and/or notable. It does not include pet cemeteries.


Anne Arundel County

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Annapolis National Cemetery Annapolis National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Annapolis, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It encompasses , and as of 2020, had over 3,100 interments. It is operated and maintained by the Baltimore Nat ...
, Annapolis; NRHP-listed *
Hancock's Resolution Hancock's Resolution is a historic two-storey gambrel-roofed stone farm house with shed-roofed dormers and interior end chimneys located on a 15-acre (6.1 ha) farm at 2795 Bayside Beach Road in Pasadena, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United St ...
Cemetery, Pasadena; NRHP-listed *
United States Naval Academy Cemetery The United States Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium is a cemetery at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. History In 1868 the Naval Academy purchased a 67-acre piece of land called Strawberry Hill as part of their effort ...
, Annapolis * Watkins Slave Cemetery, Davidsonville


Baltimore County

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Baltimore National Cemetery Baltimore National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located along Maryland Route 144 on both sides of the boundary between the neighborhoods of Beechfield in Baltimore City and Catonsville in Baltimore County. It encompasses . ...
, Baltimore * Bohemian National Cemetery, Baltimore * Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium * Friends Burial Ground, Baltimore *
Green Mount Cemetery Green Mount Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Established on March 15, 1838, and dedicated on July 13, 1839, it is noted for the large number of historical figures interred in its grounds as well as ma ...
, Baltimore * Laurel Cemetery, Baltimore *
Lorraine Park Cemetery Lorraine Park Cemetery is a cemetery located in Baltimore, Maryland. It rests on about of land. Formerly known as Lorraine Farm, the exact date of its founding is not entirely known - however, it may have been founded as early as 1872. Founded by ...
, Baltimore *
Loudon Park Cemetery Loudon Park Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. It was incorporated on January 27, 1853, on of the site of the "Loudon" estate, previously owned by James Carey, a local merchant and politician. The entrance to the cemetery ...
, Baltimore *
Loudon Park National Cemetery Loudon Park National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses , and as of the end of 2005, had 7,138 interments. It ...
, Baltimore *
Mount Auburn Cemetery Mount Auburn Cemetery, located in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts, is the first rural or garden cemetery in the United States. It is the burial site of many prominent Boston Brahmins, and is a National Historic Landmark. Dedicated in ...
, Baltimore * Mount Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore *
New Cathedral Cemetery The New Cathedral Cemetery, formerly Bonnie Brae Cemetery, is a Roman Catholic cemetery, with 125 acres, located on the westside of Baltimore, Maryland, at 4300 Old Frederick Road. It is the final resting place of 110,000 people, including numero ...
, Baltimore * Old Saint Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore * Weiskittel-Roehle Burial Vault, Baltimore *
Westminster Hall and Burying Ground Westminster Hall and Burying Ground is a graveyard and former church located at 519 West Fayette Street (at North Greene Street) in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is currently part of the grounds of the University of Maryland's School ...
, Baltimore


Caroline County

* Neck Meetinghouse and Yard (or Quaker Meetinghouse and Graveyard), West Denton; NRHP-listed


Cecil County

* St. Mary Anne's Episcopal Church and Cemetery (or North Elk Parish), North East


Dorchester County

* Galestown Cemetery, Galestown


Frederick County

* Laboring Sons Memorial Grounds, Frederick * Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick * St. John's Cemetery, Frederick


Harford County

* Angel Hill Cemetery, Havre de Grace


Howard County

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Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park is a pet cemetery located in Elkridge, Maryland, USA. The cemetery was established in 1935, and was actively operated until 2002. Approximately 8,000 animals and humans are buried in the cemetery's acres, which is large ...
, Elkridge; named for
Rosa Bonheur Rosa Bonheur (born Marie-Rosalie Bonheur; 16 March 1822 – 25 May 1899) was a French artist known best as a painter of animals (animalière). She also made sculptures in a Realism (arts), realist style. Her paintings include ''Ploughing in the N ...
(1822–1899)


Montgomery County

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Gate of Heaven Cemetery Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, as a Catholic burial site. Among its famous residents is baseb ...
, Silver Spring * Parklawn Memorial Park & Menorah Gardens at the former
Wilkins Estate The Wilkins Estate is a historic estate in Rockville, Maryland, built in 1916 by Robert Crew Wilkins, later an executive of the Wilkins Coffee, Wilkins Coffee Co. (later a part of Maxwell House coffee), founded in 1923 in Washington, D.C., by a r ...
, Rockville *
Rockville Cemetery Rockville Cemetery and Bristol and Mexico Monument is a historic cemetery located at Lynbrook in Nassau County, New York. The cemetery started as a small local burial ground in 1799. It subsequently came to be the final resting place of many e ...
, Rockville


Prince George's County

* Cedar Hill Cemetery (or Forest Lake Cemetery, formerly Nonesuch Plantation Cemetery), Suitland * Ivy Hill Cemetery, Laurel * Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland *
National Harmony Memorial Park National Harmony Memorial Park is a private, secular cemetery located at 7101 Sheriff Road in Landover, Maryland, in the United States. Although racially integrated, most of the individuals interred there are African American. In 1960, the 37,000 ...
, Landover


Talbot County

* Spring Hill Cemetery, Easton


Washington County

* Antietam National Cemetery at
Antietam National Battlefield Antietam National Battlefield is a National Park Service-protected area along Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Washington County, northwestern Maryland. It commemorates the American Civil War Battle of Antietam that occurred on September 17, 186 ...
, Sharpsburg; NRHP-listed * Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown * Washington Confederate Cemetery, Hagerstown


See also

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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 Territories of the United States ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Maryland There are more than 1,500 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. State of Maryland. Each of the state's 23 counties and its one county-equivalent (the independent city of Baltimore) has at least ...
* Aspin Hill Memorial Park, pet cemetery in Aspen Hill, Maryland


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