0
documented records
≈ 140–280
approx. capacity (graves)
7,040 m²
cemetery area · 1.74 acres
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
The Granary Burying Ground at 120 Tremont Street in downtown Boston dates to 1660 and was the city's third cemetery, needed because King's Chapel Burying Ground nearby was too small. It holds about 2,345 gravestones and tombs, and burials ceased there in 1880. Those interred include John Hancock, Paul Revere, James Otis, Samuel Adams, Robert Treat Paine and victims of the Boston Massacre.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 42.357462° N, 71.061836° W Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Kings Chapel Burying Ground 190 m away · Boston
- Central Burying Ground, Boston 600 m away · Boston
- Copps Hill Burial Ground 1.2 km away · North End
- Phipps Street Burying Ground 2.2 km away · Boston
- South End Burying Ground 2.4 km away · Boston
- Bunker Hill Burying Ground 2.5 km away · Charlestown
- Saint Francis de Sales Cemetery 2.7 km away · Charlestown
- Saint Augustine Burying Ground 2.7 km away · Boston
- Eliot Burying Ground 3.3 km away · Roxbury Boston
- Hawes Burying Ground 3.4 km away · Boston
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How big is Granary Burying Ground?
Granary Burying Ground covers about 7,040 m² (1.7 acres), about the size of an American football field. It is the 790th smallest of the 1,885 cemeteries we list in Massachusetts.