Dorchester South Burying Ground
The Dorchester South Burying Ground is a historic graveyard on Dorchester Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Established in 1814, it is the second oldest cemetery in Dorchester, after the North Burying Ground.- Type: Cemetery
- Description: graveyard in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Dorchester South Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dorchester Park and Cedar Grove station.
Dorchester Park
Park
Dorchester Park is a historic park bounded by Dorchester Avenue, Richmond, Adams and Richview Streets in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Cedar Grove station
Railway stop
Cedar Grove station is a light rail station on the Mattapan Line located in the southern part of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The station, named for the adjacent Cedar Grove Cemetery, has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. Cedar Grove station is situated 1,900 feet east of Dorchester South Burying Ground.
Parish of All Saints Ashmont
Church
The Parish of All Saints, Ashmont, is a church of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts located at 209 Ashmont Street in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Parish of All Saints Ashmont is situated 2,800 feet northeast of Dorchester South Burying Ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashmont and Lower Mills.
Ashmont
Neighborhood
Ashmont is a section of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It includes the subsections of Ashmont Hill, Peabody Square, and Ashmont-Adams.
Lower Mills
Neighborhood
Mattapan
Suburb
Mattapan is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Mattapan is the original Massachusett name for the Dorchester area, possibly meaning "a place to sit." At the 2010 census, it had a population of 36,480, with the majority of its population being immigrants.
Dorchester South Burying Ground
- Categories: historic district, historic site, and burial
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.27859° or 42° 16′ 43″ north
Longitude
-71.0671° or 71° 4′ 2″ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
87JC7WHM+C5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=cemetery
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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