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Evergreen Cemetery was founded by New Haven’s most prominent citizens in 1848. We welcome you to walk the 85 acres that comprise the cemetery. Its park-like setting is truly a haven of tranquility. Each season portrays its own beauty from the blush of pink dogwood blossoms in springtime, through the canopy of trees that offer summer’s shade, to the most beautiful colors of autumn leaves, and finally winter’s snowy peacefulness. Evergreen Cemetery has an established permanent perpetual care fund so it will be as beautiful in the future as it is today.
Evergreen Cemetery is a non-sectarian, non-profit organization which is managed by the Association’s board of trustees. It is staffed by full-time professionals who are available from 7:30am until 4:00pm each day and on Saturday mornings from 8:00am until noontime.
Park-like Evergreen Cemetery was established in 1848 by some of New Haven's most prominent citizens, after older and smaller burial grounds were running out of space. Located in the West River neighborhood on Ella T. Grasso Builevard, the cemetery's 85 acres now have approximately 85,000 graves. A number of notable people are interred in the cemetery, including 5 governors, 3 lieutenant governors, and a child of Leo Tolstoy. The cemetery also has a ghost known as "Midnight Mary." A memorial chapel was added to the cemetery in 1902, and in 1956 the state's second crematorium was built at Evergreen. New administrative offices were added in 1999, and the cemetery is managed by a non-sectarian, non-profit organization. A smart-phone app is available to assist in tours, visits to the cemetery, and locating gravesites.