Old Burying Ground (Brookline, Massachusetts)

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Old Burying Ground
Details
Established	1717
Location	Brookline, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°19′38″N 71°07′40″W / 42.3273152°N 71.1278223°W / 42.3273152; -71.1278223
Size	1.54 acres
No. of interments	>1,300
Website	Official website
Find a Grave	Old Burying Ground
The Political Graveyard	Old Burying Ground

The Old Burying Ground, also known as Walnut Street Cemetery, was the first cemetery established in Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1717. It was the town's only cemetery for 140 years until the establishment of the Holyhood Cemetery in 1857, and the Walnut Hills Cemetery in 1875.^[1] The cemetery is part of the Brookline Town Green Historic District.