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Cemeteries Ranked by Era

Cemeteries Ranked by Number of Politicians Buried There From 1850 to 1899

  1. Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. (118)
  2. Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (57)
  3. Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. (47)
  4. Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich. (45)
  5. Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. (45)
  6. Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. (42)
  7. Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. (41)
  8. Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. (40)
  9. Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. (39)
  10. Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. (38)
  11. Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. (37)
  12. Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. (35)
  13. Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y. (34)
  14. Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. (33)
  15. Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. (32)
  16. Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Maine (28)
  17. Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. (27)
  18. Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. (27)
  19. Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I. (27)
  20. Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. (27)
  21. Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio (25)
  22. Laurel Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif. (25)
  23. Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C. (25)
  24. Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. (24)
  25. Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine (24)
  26. Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky. (22)
  27. Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. (21)
  28. Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. (21)
  29. Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y. (21)
  30. Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. (20)
  31. Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. (20)
  32. Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. (20)
  33. Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis. (20)
  34. Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. (20)
  35. Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky. (19)
  36. Lindenwood Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind. (19)
  37. Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa. (18)
  38. Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis. (18)
  39. Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. (18)
  40. Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass. (18)
  41. Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga. (18)
  42. Mt. Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. (18)
  43. Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn. (17)
  44. Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. (16)
  45. Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Miss. (16)
  46. Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, La. (16)
  47. Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. (15)
  48. Laurel Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. (15)
  49. Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C. (15)
  50. Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. (15)
  51. Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala. (14)
  52. Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C. (14)
  53. Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich. (14)
  54. Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala. (14)
  55. Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J. (14)
  56. Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala. (14)
  57. Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Neb. (14)
  58. Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y. (13)
  59. Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. (13)
  60. Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y. (13)
  61. Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. (13)
  62. Sacramento City Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif. (13)
  63. Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Tex. (13)
  64. Forest Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio (12)
  65. Valley Cemetery, Manchester, N.H. (12)
  66. Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Ga. (12)
  67. Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn. (12)
  68. Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. (12)
  69. Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio (12)
  70. Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y. (12)
  71. Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y. (12)
  72. Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind. (12)
  73. Riverside Cemetery, Lewiston, Maine (12)
  74. Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. (11)
  75. Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La. (11)
  76. Riverside Cemetery, Scriba town, Oswego County, N.Y. (11)
  77. Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Tex. (11)
  78. Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y. (11)
  79. Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa (10)
  80. Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. (10)
  81. Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing, Mich. (10)
  82. Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Mass. (10)
  83. Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich. (10)
  84. Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. (10)
  85. Wooster Cemetery, Danbury, Conn. (10)
  86. Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. (10)

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