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Cemetery

Cemetery is a direct CivicStructure subtype for graveyards: municipal, religious, and military. It has no unique properties. The practical patterns:

  • openingHoursSpecification: daily visiting hours (cemeteries typically close at or shortly after sunset).
  • isAccessibleForFree: almost always true.
  • amenityFeature: plot-lookup service, memorial programmes, flower-placement rules.
  • parentOrganization: the administering religious body or municipal authority.
  • event: Memorial Day services, Veterans' Day ceremonies as Event entries.

Full example of schema.org/Cemetery json-ld markup

The markup is verified as valid with Rich Results Test from Google.

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schema.org/Cemetery
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Cemetery",
  "@id": "https://dunmorecemetery.example",
  "name": "Dunmore Cemetery",
  "url": "https://dunmorecemetery.example",
  "description": "Municipal cemetery founded 1852. Plot search, Memorial Day programme, genealogy records back to founding.",
  "telephone": "+1-570-555-0255",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "600 Chestnut Street",
    "addressLocality": "Dunmore",
    "addressRegion": "PA",
    "postalCode": "18512",
    "addressCountry": "US"
  },
  "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": 41.4271, "longitude": -75.6358 },
  "publicAccess": true,
  "isAccessibleForFree": true,
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    { "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification", "dayOfWeek": ["Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday"], "opens": "07:00", "closes": "20:00" }
  ],
  "amenityFeature": [
    { "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification", "name": "Online plot-lookup service", "value": true },
    { "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification", "name": "Fresh-flower placement policy: 7-day limit", "value": true },
    { "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification", "name": "Gravel access roads (caution in winter)", "value": true }
  ],
  "parentOrganization": { "@type": "GovernmentOrganization", "name": "Borough of Dunmore Cemetery Board" },
  "event": [
    {
      "@type": "Event",
      "name": "Memorial Day Service",
      "startDate": "2026-05-25T09:00:00-04:00",
      "endDate": "2026-05-25T11:00:00-04:00",
      "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Veterans' Section, Dunmore Cemetery" }
    }
  ]
}
</script>

Historic cemeteries

If the cemetery has heritage status, dual-type with ["Cemetery", "LandmarksOrHistoricalBuildings"] or add ["Cemetery", "TouristAttraction"] for cemeteries with public tourism programmes.

Minimal valid version

The smallest markup that still produces a valid Cemetery entity. Use it as the floor. Reach for the advanced example above when you want search engines and AI agents to understand more about your content.

schema.org/Cemetery (minimal)
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Cemetery",
  "name": "Dunmore Cemetery",
  "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "600 Chestnut Street", "addressLocality": "Dunmore", "addressRegion": "PA" }
}
</script>

Google rich results this unlocks

Markup matching this example makes your page eligible for the following Google Search rich results. The primary target drives the required / recommended property classification in the advanced code block above.

  • Local business / civic structure knowledge panelprimary
    Google docs

Common Cemetery mistakes

Mistakes that pass validation but silently fail to earn rich results or mislead consumers walking the graph. Avoid these and your markup will be ahead of most sites in the wild.

  1. 01

    Missing visiting hours

    Wrong
    Cemetery with no openingHoursSpecification
    Right
    Explicit dawn-to-dusk hours (consistent with the site's gate policy)

    Cemetery hours are tightly regulated in most jurisdictions. Publishing them structured avoids after-hours trespass and confusion.

  2. 02

    Plot-lookup URL as plain text

    Wrong
    Plot-lookup described in prose
    Right
    potentialAction SearchAction or a typed Service with url

    Structured plot-lookup lights up grief-search surfaces and genealogy-tool integrations.

Schema properties in this example

CemeteryCivicStructurePlacenameurldescriptiontelephoneaddressPostalAddressgeoGeoCoordinatespublicAccessisAccessibleForFreeopeningHoursSpecificationamenityFeatureLocationFeatureSpecificationparentOrganizationGovernmentOrganizationeventEventstartDateendDatelocation

About the example data

Dunmore Cemetery, a fictional 19th-century municipal cemetery with a plot-lookup service and an annual Memorial Day programme.

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