State Cemetery Associations

Please let us know about additional state groups organized to help protect and restore cemeteries in the United States.

California

California Historic Cemetery Alliance
Working to protect and preserve California's historic cemeteries.

Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries
Commission dedicated to the preservation of Mother Lode cemeteries and landmarks with connections to Jews who participated in the CA Gold Rush.

Connecticut

Connecticut Gravestone Network
Organized in 1995, The Connecticut Gravestone Network's purpose is to educate the public on how important old graveyards & cemeteries are to history, and that gravestone carving is a valuable art form.

Indiana

Indiana Pioneer Cemetery Restoration Project
Grassroots effort to generate public awareness about the neglected pioneer cemeteries of Indiana.

Iowa

State Assoc. for the Preservation of Iowa Cemeteries
Join a group dedicated to the preservation of cemeteries.

Louisiana

Save Our Cemeteries, Inc.
Dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the historic cemeteries of Louisiana, and to fostering a public appreciation of the architectural and cultural value of these historic cemeteries.

Maine

Maine Old Cemetery Association
Founded in 1969 for the main purpose of locating old cemeteries in the state of Maine, encouraging the care and preservation of those cemeteries, and the gathering and preservation of historical information regarding these cemeteries.

Maryland

Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites
Formed in 1991 and committed to the protection of human burial sites from unauthorized and unwarranted disturbance, by man or nature.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Cemetery Research Services
Mass-Doc can help preserve information inscribed on gravestones by providing photography services to those unable to personally visit one of our local cemeteries.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association
A group of graveyard/cemetery devotees who promote the knowledge of New Hampshire history by bringing together people interested in old graveyards.

Ohio

Ohio Cemetery Preservation Society
Formed as a response to the public's increasing awareness and appreciation of our historic cemeteries and the need to protect them.

Oregon

Oregon Historic Cemeteries Association
Formed in February of 1992 when a group of cemetery enthusiasts from all over Oregon met to discuss the need for a statewide cemetery association.

South Carolina

Chicora Foundation, Inc.
Chicora Foundation can put together the team your project needs -- and deserves. And it is that team which will ensure that your cemetery is appropriately treated.

Tennessee

Old Mount Hermon Cemetery Tennessee Historic Preservation
Dedicated to the preservation and maintenance of Old Mount Hermon Cemetery which was established about 1830 by the early pioneers of the western frontier.

Texas

Texas Historic Cemetery Designation
A program seeking to protect these fragile resources; a listing of cemeteries awarded the Texas Historic Cemetery Designation

Save Texas Cemeteries
Organized in November 1994 as a statewide, educational organization to help save all cemeteries in the state of Texas from destruction.

Vermont

Vermont Old Cemetery Association
Nonprofit organization encourages the restoration and preservation of neglected and abandoned cemeteries in Vermont. Membership info. available.

Virginia

The Stanton Family Cemetery
The project and its criteria for becoming a historic site on the Virginia Landmarks Register and National Register of Historic Places.

Washington

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