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This article is a list of rural cemeteries in the United States.NameYear openedLocationNotesMount Auburn Cemetery1831Boston, MassachusettsThe first rural cemetery built in the U.S.[1]Mount Hope Cemetery1834Bangor, MaineLaurel Hill Cemetery1836Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaMount Pleasant Cemetery1836Taunton, MassachusettsRose Hill Cemetery1836Macon, GeorgiaRural Cemetery1837New Bedford, MassachusettsMonument Cemetery1837Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaThe cemetery was condemned in 1956. The land was purchased by Temple University and bodies reinterred to Lawnview Memorial Park.[2]Mount Hope Cemetery1838Rochester, New YorkGreen-Wood Cemetery1838Brooklyn, New YorkGreen Mount Cemetery1838Baltimore, MarylandRural Cemetery1838Worcester, MassachusettsGlendale Cemetery1839Akron, OhioHarmony Grove Cemetery1840Salem, MassachusettsValley Cemetery1840Manchester, New HampshireThe Woodlands1840Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaChelsea Garden Cemetery1841Chelsea, MassachusettsLowell Cemetery1841Lowell, MassachusettsWoodland Cemetery and Arboretum1841Dayton, OhioSpringfield Cemetery1841Springfield, MassachusettsMount Albion Cemetery1843Albion, New YorkWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery[3]1843Wilmington, DelawareLaurel Hill Cemetery1844Saco, MaineAlbany Rural Cemetery1844Menands, New YorkFrankfort Cemetery1844Frankfort, KentuckyAllegheny Cemetery1844Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaMount Pleasant Cemetery1844Newark, New JerseySpring Grove Cemetery1844Cincinnati, OhioHarrisburg Cemetery1845Harrisburg, PennsylvaniaSwan Point Cemetery1846Providence, Rhode IslandElmwood Cemetery1846Detroit, MichiganForest Home Cemetery1847Milwaukee, WisconsinCave Hill Cemetery1848Louisville, KentuckyCypress Hills Cemetery1848New York, New YorkForest Hills Cemetery1848Roxbury, MassachusettsGreen Lawn Cemetery1848Columbus, OhioLexington Cemetery1848Lexington, KentuckyOak Hill Cemetery1848Washington, D.C.Oakwood Cemetery1848Troy, New YorkBellefontaine Cemetery1849St. Louis, MissouriBoxwood Cemetery1849Orleans County, New YorkCemetery of the Evergreens1849New York, New YorkEaston Cemetery1849Easton, PennsylvaniaForest Lawn Cemetery1849Buffalo, New YorkGlenwood Cemetery1849Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaIn 1938, the cemetery and all burials were relocated to Glenwood Memorial Gardens in Broomall, Pennsylvania.[4]Hollywood Cemetery1849Richmond, VirginiaMountain Grove Cemetery1849Bridgeport, ConnecticutOak Grove Cemetery1849Falmouth, MassachusettsShawsheen Cemetery1849Bedford, MassachusettsEvergreen Cemetery1850Boston, MassachusettsForest Hill Cemetery1850Utica, New YorkIndian Hill Cemetery1850Middletown, ConnecticutMagnolia Cemetery1850Charleston, South CarolinaGraceland Cemetery1850Chicago, IllinoisOld Gray Cemetery1850Knoxville, TennesseeRidgewood Cemetery1850North Andover, MassachusettsCedar Grove Cemetery1851New London, ConnecticutDale Cemetery1851Ossining, New YorkErie Cemetery1851Erie, PennsylvaniaEvergreen Cemetery1851Owego, New YorkWildwood Cemetery1851Winchester, MassachusettsElmwood Cemetery1852Memphis, TennesseeGreenwood Cemetery1852New Orleans, LouisianaMount Hope Cemetery1852Boston, MassachusettsOakdale Cemetery[5]1852Wilmington, North CarolinaSwampscott Cemetery1852Swampscott, MassachusettsEvergreen Cemetery1853Gettysburg, PennsylvaniaEvergreen cemetery is part of the Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and played a strategic role in the Battle of Gettysburg.[6] It was the site of the dedication of the adjacent National Cemetery. Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address from a platform in Evergreen Cemetery.[7][8]Greendale Cemetery1853Meadville, PennsylvaniaMount Adnah Cemetery1853Fulton, New YorkOak Hill Cemetery1853Cedar Rapids, IowaOak Woods Cemetery1853Chicago, IllinoisThe first burials at the cemetery did not occur until 1860.[9]Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery1853Poughkeepsie, New YorkRiverside Cemetery1853Waterbury, ConnecticutWalnut Grove Cemetery1853Methuen, MassachusettsWoodland Cemetery1853Cleveland, OhioWoodlawn Cemetery1853Clinton, MassachusettsChippiannock Cemetery1854Rock Island, IllinoisHope Cemetery1854Worcester, MassachusettsOak Grove Cemetery1854Gloucester, MassachusettsOaklands Cemetery1854West Chester, PennsylvaniaEvergreen Cemetery1855Portland, MaineFairmount Cemetery1855Newark, New JerseyMount Moriah Cemetery1855Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaThe cemetery closed its gates in 2011 and had no owner after the last board member died.  Philadelphia’s Orphan Court appointed the Mount Moriah Cemetery Preservation Corporation as owner in 2014.[10]Mount Wollaston Cemetery1855Quincy, MassachusettsOak Grove Cemetery1855Fall River, MassachusettsRiverside Cemetery1855Oswego, New YorkSleepy Hollow Cemetery1855Concord, MassachusettsMount Vernon Cemetery1856Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaThe cemetery was placed into conservatorship in 2021 due to neglect.[11]Woodward Hill Cemetery1856Lancaster, PennsylvaniaFounded in 1850 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity and became a non-denominational cemetery in 1856.[12]Holyhood Cemetery1857Brookline, MassachusettsLake Forest Cemetery1857Lake Forest, IllinoisMount Feake Cemetery1857Waltham, MassachusettsVale Cemetery1857Schenectady, New YorkGreen Hill Cemetery1858Amsterdam, New YorkMount Olivet Cemetery1858Washington, D.C.Lindenwood Cemetery1859Fort Wayne, IndianaRosehill Cemetery1859Chicago, IllinoisHillside Cemetery1860Middletown, New YorkOak Ridge Cemetery1860Springfield, IllinoisChester Rural Cemetery1863Chester, PennsylvaniaCrown Hill Cemetery1863Indianapolis, IndianaMonongahela Cemetery1863Monongahela City, PennsylvaniaMountain View Cemetery1863Oakland, CaliforniaWoodlawn Cemetery1863Bronx, New YorkCedar Hill Cemetery1866Hartford, ConnecticutHillside Cemetery1866Clarendon, New YorkCedar Lawn Cemetery1867Paterson, New JerseyLakeview Cemetery1867Burlington, Vermont[13]Woodmere Cemetery1867Detroit, MichiganWest Laurel Hill Cemetery1869Bala Cynwyd, PennsylvaniaGlenwood Cemetery1871Maynard, MassachusettsLakewood Cemetery[14]1871Minneapolis, MinnesotaMetairie Cemetery1872New Orleans, LouisianaCedar Grove Cemetery1873Chaumont, New YorkWalnut Hills Cemetery1875Brookline, MassachusettsWoodlawn Cemetery1876Toledo, OhioHomewood Cemetery1878Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaHighland Lawn Cemetery1884Terre Haute, IndianaFairview Cemetery1885Dalton, MassachusettsHarleigh Cemetery1885Camden, New JerseyRiverside Cemetery1885Fremont, New YorkRiverside Cemetery1887Macon, GeorgiaLakeview Cemetery1891Sweden, New YorkCypress Lawn Memorial Park1892Colma, CaliforniaFairview Cemetery1892Boston, MassachusettsHope Cemetery1895Barre, VermontElmwood Cemetery1897Kansas City, Missouri^ Linden, Blanche M. G. (2007). Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston’s Mount Auburn Cemetery. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. p.\u00a0293. ISBN\u00a0978-1-55849-571-5. Retrieved August 10, 2019.^ Barley, Luke. “How Thousands of Headstones Ended Up Under a Philadelphia Bridge”. www.citylab.com. Retrieved August 25, 2019.^ “Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery”. www.wilmingtonbrandywinecemetery.org. Retrieved July 22, 2019.^ Pickard, Sam. “Glenwood: The Westward-Moving Cemetery”. www.marplehistory.com. Retrieved January 9, 2022.^ “Oakdale Cemetery”. www.oakdalecemetery.org. Retrieved July 22, 2019.^ Hawthorne, Frederick W., Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments, Hanover, Pennsylvania: The Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides, 1988, p. 107.^ Historical Marker Database. “The Gettysburg Address”. Retrieved August 10, 2019.^ National Park Service. “National Cemetery Walking Tour” (PDF). Retrieved August 10, 2019.^ Linden, Blanche M. G. (2007). Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston’s Mount Auburn Cemetery. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. p.\u00a0294. ISBN\u00a0978-1-55849-571-5. Retrieved August 10, 2019.^ “History”. www.friendsofmountmoriahcemetery.org. October 17, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2019.^ Bender, William. “Judge ousts absentee owner of historic Mount Vernon Cemetery. Rehab could involve goats”. www.inquirer.com. Retrieved September 9, 2021.^ Schuyler, David (2004). “Woodward Hill Cemetery” (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved November 27, 2013.^ Friends of Lakeview Cemetery (October 2, 2015). “Lakeview Cemetery: More than a burial ground”. Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT.^ “Lakewood’s History & Founding”. www.lakewoodcemetery.org. 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