Dorchester North Burying Ground
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The Dorchester North Burying Ground (or "First Burying Ground in Dorchester") is a historic cemetery
at Stoughton Street and Columbia Road in the Dorchester
neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
The burial ground was established in 1633 and added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1974.
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
at Stoughton Street and Columbia Road in the Dorchester
Dorchester, Massachusetts
Dorchester is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset, from which Puritans emigrated and is today endearingly nicknamed "Dot" by its residents. Dorchester, including a large...
neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
The burial ground was established in 1633 and added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1974.