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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.
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  • 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.

Park
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is a historic bounded by Dorchester Avenue, Richmond, Adams and Richview Streets in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Railway station
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is a light rail station on the Mattapan Line located in the southern part of the neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The station, named for the adjacent Cedar Grove Cemetery, has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. is situated 1,900 feet east of Dorchester South Burying Ground.

Railway station
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is a light rail station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA Mattapan Line. It is located at Butler Street in the Lower Mills section of the Dorchester neighborhood. is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Dorchester South Burying Ground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ashmont and Lower Mills.

Neighborhood
is a section of the neighborhood of , . It includes the subsections of Hill, Peabody Square, and Ashmont-Adams.

Neighborhood
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The Dorchester-Milton Industrial District is a historic district on both sides of the in the area of and in the town of .

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 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 immigrants.

Dorchester South Burying Ground

Latitude
42.2786° 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
way 29835058
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­cemetery
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Geo­Names ID
9688278
Wiki­data ID
Q17514569
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dorchester South Burying Ground”. Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.