Cemeteries established before 1800

This directory documents 111 cemeteries with a recorded founding date before 1800. 80 of them hold documented notable interments; the most documented is Novodevichy Cemetery with 1451. Recorded founding dates run from -2588 to 1798. Every fact is sourced from Wikidata and linked to its record.

Australia

• Old Sydney Burial Ground
  New South Wales, Australia · est. 1792

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Stećak necropolis Radimlja
  Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina · est. 15

Egypt

• Dahshur
  Markaz al Badrashayn, Egypt · est. -2588 · 9 notable interments

Estonia

• Kopli cemetery
  Tallinn, Estonia · est. 1774 · 12 notable interments
• Alexander Nevsky Cemetery, Tallinn
  Tallinn, Estonia · est. 1775 · 34 notable interments

France

• Holy Innocents' Cemetery
  1st arrondissement of Paris, France · est. 1130 · 1 notable interment
• Saint-Germain Cemetery
  Paris, France · est. 1259
• Cimetière Sainte-Marguerite
  11th arrondissement of Paris, France · est. 1637
• Picpus Cemetery
  12th arrondissement of Paris, France · est. 1640 · 41 notable interments
• Madeleine cemetery
  8th arrondissement of Paris, France · est. 1720 · 10 notable interments
• Catacombs of Paris
  14th arrondissement of Paris, France · est. 1787 · 12 notable interments
• Errancis Cemetery
  Paris, France · est. 1793 · 23 notable interments
• Jewish cemetery, Besançon
  Besançon, France · est. 1796

Georgia

• Khojivank Pantheon of Tbilisi
  Tbilisi, Georgia · est. 1655 · 30 notable interments

Germany

• Invalids' Cemetery
  Bezirk Mitte, Germany · est. 1746 · 75 notable interments
• Dorotheenstadt Cemetery
  Bezirk Mitte, Germany · est. 1762 · 144 notable interments

Iran

• Takht-e Foulad
  District 6, Iran · est. 1000 · 5 notable interments

Ireland

• Cabbage Garden, Dublin
  Dublin, Ireland · est. 1666
• Huguenot Cemetery, Dublin
  Dublin, Ireland · est. 1693
• Ballybough Cemetery
  Ballybough, Ireland · est. 1718

Italy

• Catacombe dei Cappuccini
  Palermo, Italy · est. 1599 · 3 notable interments
• Old English Cemetery, Livorno
  Livorno, Italy · est. 1645 · 12 notable interments
• Fontanelle cemetery
  Naples, Italy · est. 1656
• Cemetery of the 366 Fossae, Naples
  Naples, Italy · est. 1763

Latvia

• Great Cemetery
  Vidzeme Suburb, Latvia · est. 1773 · 22 notable interments
• Pokrov Cemetery
  Riga, Latvia · est. 1773 · 11 notable interments

Lithuania

• Rasos Cemetery
  Vilnius, Lithuania · est. 1769 · 69 notable interments

Malaysia

• Old Protestant Cemetery, George Town
  George Town, Malaysia · est. 1786 · 2 notable interments

Morocco

• Chellah
  Rabat, Morocco · est. -699 · 3 notable interments

People's Republic of China

• Western Xia mausoleums
  Yinchuan, People's Republic of China · est. 1100

Poland

• Remah Cemetery
  Kraków, Poland · est. 1535 · 8 notable interments
• Old Jewish Cemetery, Lublin
  Lublin, Poland · est. 1541 · 4 notable interments
• Old Jewish Cemetery, Cieszyn
  Cieszyn, Poland · est. 1647
• French Reformed Church Cemetery
  Szczecin, Poland · est. 1720
• Jewish Cemetery, Chrzanów
  Chrzanów, Poland · est. 1763
• Bródno Jewish Cemetery
  Targówek, Poland · est. 1780 · 2 notable interments
• Rozwadów Parish Cemetery
  Stalowa Wola, Poland · est. 1785 · 1 notable interment
• Evangelical Augsburg Cemetery, Warsaw
  Warsaw, Poland · est. 1792 · 63 notable interments
• Evangelical Reformed Cemetery, Warsaw
  Warsaw, Poland · est. 1792 · 55 notable interments
• Powązki Cemetery
  Warsaw, Poland · est. 1792 · 1013 notable interments

Russia

• Kyrkhlyar
  Derbent, Russia · est. 700 · 1 notable interment
• Novodevichy Cemetery
  Khamovniki District, Russia · est. 1524 · 1451 notable interments
• Kuntsevo Cemetery
  Mozhaysky District, Russia · est. 1700 · 282 notable interments
• Bogoslovskoe Cemetery
  Kalininsky District, Russia · est. 1701 · 101 notable interments
• Lazarevskoe Cemetery
  Saint Petersburg, Russia · est. 1713 · 92 notable interments
• Smolensky Cemetery
  Vasileostrovsky District, Russia · est. 1738 · 213 notable interments
• Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery
  Vasileostrovsky District, Russia · est. 1747 · 98 notable interments
• Volkovo Cemetery
  Frunzensky District, Russia · est. 1756 · 92 notable interments
• Yegoshikha Cemetery
  Sverdlovsky District, Russia · est. 1760 · 11 notable interments
• Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery
  Preobrazhenskoye District, Russia · est. 1771 · 33 notable interments
• Pyatnitskoye Cemetery
  Alexeyevsky District, Russia · est. 1771 · 68 notable interments
• Rogozhskoye Cemetery
  Nizhegorodsky District, Russia · est. 1771 · 13 notable interments
• Vagankovo Cemetery
  Presnensky District, Russia · est. 1771 · 592 notable interments
• Vvedenskoye Cemetery
  Lefortovo District, Russia · est. 1771 · 314 notable interments
• Pyatnitskoye Cemetery (Kaluga)
  Kaluga, Russia · est. 1780 · 2 notable interments

Saudi Arabia

• Al-Baqi Cemetery
  Medina, Saudi Arabia · est. 622 · 96 notable interments

Slovakia

• National Cemetery in Martin
  Martin, Slovakia · est. 1780 · 35 notable interments

Turkey

• Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery
  Eyüpsultan, Turkey · est. 1453 · 83 notable interments

United Kingdom

• Cross Bones
  London Borough of Southwark, United Kingdom · est. 1598
• Quaker Gardens, Islington
  United Kingdom · est. 1661
• Bunhill Fields
  London Borough of Islington, United Kingdom · est. 1665 · 150 notable interments
• East Sheen Cemetery
  London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom · est. 1786 · 1 notable interment
• Richmond Cemetery
  London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom · est. 1786 · 37 notable interments
• Lauriston Road Cemetery
  London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom · est. 1788
• Vineyard Passage Burial Ground
  Richmond, United Kingdom · est. 1790

United States

• Flatbush African Burial Ground
  Brooklyn, United States · est. 1600
• King's Chapel Burying Ground
  Boston, United States · est. 1630 · 18 notable interments
• Phipps Street Burying Ground
  Boston, United States · est. 1630 · 3 notable interments
• Dorchester North Burying Ground
  Boston, United States · est. 1634 · 9 notable interments
• Eliot Burying Ground
  Boston, United States · est. 1635 · 5 notable interments
• Coddington Cemetery
  Newport, United States · est. 1647 · 6 notable interments
• East Norwalk Historical Cemetery
  East Norwalk, United States · est. 1655 · 22 notable interments
• Copp's Hill Burying Ground
  Boston, United States · est. 1659 · 13 notable interments
• Granary Burying Ground
  Boston, United States · est. 1660 · 47 notable interments
• Clifton Burying Ground
  Newport, United States · est. 1675 · 6 notable interments
• Spring Hill Cemetery (Marlborough, Massachusetts)
  Marlborough, United States · est. 1675
• Arnold Burying Ground
  Rhode Island, United States · est. 1677
• Touro Cemetery
  Newport, United States · est. 1677 · 2 notable interments
• First Shearith Israel Graveyard
  Manhattan, United States · est. 1682 · 1 notable interment
• Salem Street Burying Ground
  Medford, United States · est. 1683 · 3 notable interments
• Westerly Burial Ground
  Boston, United States · est. 1683 · 1 notable interment
• Blandford Cemetery
  Petersburg, United States · est. 1702 · 25 notable interments
• Pine Island Cemetery
  Norwalk, United States · est. 1708 · 3 notable interments
• Kinne Cemetery
  New London County, United States · est. 1713
• Rock Creek Cemetery
  Washington, D.C., United States · est. 1719 · 309 notable interments
• Rahway Cemetery
  Rahway, United States · est. 1724 · 4 notable interments
• Pine Hill Cemetery (Dover, New Hampshire)
  Dover, United States · est. 1730 · 9 notable interments
• Moore-Jackson Cemetery
  Queens, United States · est. 1733
• Monfort Cemetery
  Port Washington, United States · est. 1737
• Rockville Cemetery (Maryland)
  Rockville, United States · est. 1738 · 8 notable interments
• Moravian Cemetery
  Grant City, Staten Island, United States · est. 1740 · 40 notable interments
• Governor Greene Cemetery
  Warwick, United States · est. 1741
• African-American Cemetery (Montgomery, New York)
  Montgomery, United States · est. 1750
• Mann Cemetery
  Maine, United States · est. 1750
• Abel I. Smith Burial Ground
  New Jersey, United States · est. 1755
• Jersey Baptist Church Cemetery
  North Carolina, United States · est. 1755
• Central Burying Ground, Boston
  Boston, United States · est. 1756 · 3 notable interments
• Princeton Cemetery
  Princeton, United States · est. 1756 · 145 notable interments
• Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery
  Lancaster County, United States · est. 1757 · 1 notable interment
• Coming Street Cemetery
  Charleston, United States · est. 1762 · 3 notable interments
• Revolutionary War Cemetery
  Salem, United States · est. 1767 · 1 notable interment
• God's Acre Cemetery (Old Salem)
  Winston-Salem, United States · est. 1771 · 3 notable interments
• Old Sloatsburg Cemetery
  Sloatsburg, United States · est. 1781
• Cross Creek Cemetery
  Fayetteville, United States · est. 1785 · 4 notable interments
• Saint Louis Cemetery
  New Orleans, United States · est. 1789 · 2 notable interments
• Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
  Bridgeton, United States · est. 1792 · 1 notable interment
• Stepney Cemetery
  Monroe, United States · est. 1794 · 2 notable interments
• Abbott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
  Davidson County, United States · est. 1795
• City Cemetery (Raleigh, North Carolina)
  Raleigh, United States · est. 1798 · 19 notable interments
• Green Lawn Cemetery (China Grove, North Carolina)
  China Grove, United States · est. 1798 · 2 notable interments
• Old Chapel Hill Cemetery
  Chapel Hill, United States · est. 1798 · 29 notable interments