Mayfield Cemetery, Rural and Jewish cemetery in Cleveland Heights, United States

Mayfield Cemetery is a 21-acre burial ground in Cleveland Heights containing approximately 12,000 graves marked with marble monuments. The space is divided into maintained sections by paved pathways, and includes a mausoleum building with a chapel.

The cemetery was established in 1887 when a religious congregation purchased the land to serve as a burial ground for the Jewish population on Cleveland's east side. At that time, the location was still beyond the city's boundaries.

The cemetery is owned and run by United Jewish Cemeteries of Cleveland, the body formed on July 6, 1890 by Tifereth Israel and Anshe Chesed, the two congregations whose members are buried here. The name Mayfield comes from Mayfield Road, the old route on which the grounds lie. A funeral streetcar once ran to a small shelter platform inside the cemetery.

The cemetery is located on Mayfield Road with good access and clearly marked pathways throughout. Visitors interested in family history can find burial records through local genealogical resources.

A streetcar siding once ran into the grounds: the Cleveland Railway Company's Mayfield Line built a waiting room at the entrance and a funeral car with a bier and seats for mourners. Service ended in 1949, the shelters were removed, but the rails were buried rather than lifted, and workers digging graves still turned them up for decades.