List of cemeteries in Hudson County, New Jersey

List of the cemeteries in Hudson County, New Jersey

Counties in New Jersey

Atlantic - Bergen - Burlington - Camden - Cape May - Cumberland - Essex - Gloucester - Hudson - Hunterdon - Mercer - Middlesex - Monmouth - Morris - Ocean - Passaic - Salem - Somerset - Sussex - Union - Warren

Hudson County is home to many churches and cemeteries,^[1] some of which provide significant open areas in otherwise congested residential areas.^[2]

History

There are some shared characteristics of cemeteries in North Bergen. In the Annual report of the National Board of Health in 1879 four cemeteries, historically Grove Church, Hoboken, Machpelah, and Weehawken, all lie on the western side of the Hudson Palisades which gives them similar soil deposits and somewhat uniquely, the presence of trap rock on the grounds.^[3] Their locations allow for good water drainage into the nearby Secaucus marshes with minimal contamination due to the steep grade of the hills. They were created in roughly the same time period.^[3] Two of the four cemeteries were split up, and now make a total of six unique cemeteries in the area; these cemeteries are all contained within a roughly one mile stretch of parallel roads Tonnelle Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard, constituting a string of green open spaces in North Hudson County.^[4] In Jersey City, four cemeteries, namely Saint Peters', Holy Name, Jersey City, and New York Bay all provide the surrounding areas with long vistas and green open spaces as well.^[2] Finally, several burial grounds exist in Hudson County, some of which date back into colonial times and have either been removed or built over.^[5]

Another characteristic of many cemeteries in Hudson County is that they host a large amount of civil war veteran graves.^[6]

List^a[›]

[7]	Cemetery name	Image	Established	Type	Location	City or Town	Summary
1	African Burying Ground[8]		1841	Defunct	Johnston Avenue at Pine 40°42′33″N 74°03′28″W / 40.7092°N 74.0579°W	Jersey City
2	Abel I. Smith Burial Ground		1755	Defunct	Near Secaucus Road 40°46′41″N 74°03′45″W / 40.777984°N 74.062622°W	Secaucus
3	Arlington Memorial Park		1865	Veteran	748 Schuyler Avenue 40°46′21″N 74°07′56″W / 40.77250°N 74.13220°W	Kearny
4	Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery		1848		312 Garfield Avenue 40°41′43″N 74°05′15″W / 40.695380°N 74.087364°W	Jersey City
5	Bergen Crest Mausoleum		1917	Mausoleum	4001 Kennedy Boulevard 40°46′41″N 74°01′44″W / 40.7780°N 74.029°W	North Bergen
6/7	Constable Hook Cemetery		1849		East 22nd Street 40°39′28″N 74°05′58″W / 40.65778°N 74.09944°W	Bayonne
8	The Blue Chapel		1912		605 14th & West Streets 40°45′41″N 74°02′16″W / 40.76129°N 74.03790°W	West Hoboken now Union City	[9]
9	Flower Hill Cemetery		1873		4001 Kennedy Boulevard 40°47′17″N 74°01′31″W / 40.788157°N 74.025140°W	North Bergen
10	Garden State Crematory		1907	Crematory	4101 Kennedy Boulevard 40°46′43″N 74°01′41″W / 40.7785°N 74.0280°W	North Bergen
10	Old Graveyard at Greenville[10]		1821 or 1824	Defunct	Newark Bay Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike Exit 14C	Jersey City
11	Grove Church Cemetery		1847	Nosectarian	1132 46th Street and Kennedy Boulevard 40°27′57″N 74°00′49″W / 40.4659°N 74.0135°W	North Bergen
12	Hoboken Cemetery		1871		5500 Tonnelle Avenue 40°47′17″N 74°01′31″W / 40.788157°N 74.02514°W	North Bergen
13	Holy Name Cemetery		1866	Catholic	West Side Avenue 40°43′54″N 74°04′46″W / 40.7317°N 74.0794°W	Jersey City
14	Hudson County Burial Grounds		1829	Defunct	Near Snake Hill 40°45′42″N 74°04′30″W / 40.76161°N 74.074985°W	Secaucus
15	Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery		1829		435 Newark Avenue 40°43′38″N 74°3′17″W / 40.72722°N 74.05472°W	Jersey City
16	Machpelah Cemetery		1853	Sectarian	5810 Tonnelle Avenue 40°47′17″N 74°01′31″W / 40.788157°N 74.025140°W	North Bergen
17	Old Bergen Church Cemetery		1660s		1 Highland Avenue 40°43′37″N 74°04′10″W / 40.726944°N 74.069444°W	Jersey City
18	Palisades Cemetery		1982		Bergen Turnpike 40°46′45″N 74°01′59″W / 40.77920°N 74.03310°W	North Bergen
19	Passionist Cemetery		1864	Defunct	2000 Summit Avenue 40°46′00″N 74°02′16″W / 40.766734°N 74.037856°W	West Hoboken now Union City
20	Saint Peter's Cemetery		1849		Utica Street 40°44′30″N 74°03′55″W / 40.7417°N 74.0652°W	Jersey City
21	Sand ford Burying Ground					Kearny
22	Speer Cemetery		1660s		Vroom Street 40°43′42″N 74°04′04″W / 40.7284°N 74.0678°W	Jersey City
23	Van Buskirk Burial Ground[11]		1736	Defunct	Constable Hook	Bayonne
24	Weehawken Cemetery		1867		4000 Bergen Turnpike 40°46′46″N 74°01′49″W / 40.7795°N 74.0302°W	North Bergen

See also

• Edgewater Cemetery
• Fairview Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey)
• Mount Moriah Cemetery (Fairview, New Jersey)
• Necker–Sharpe Funeral Home

References

^ a: The cemeteries in Hudson county is compiled from several existing lists which, catalog strictly minor, obscure or defunct cemeteries or burial grounds,^[5] are historical surveys,^[3][12] are grave transcription projects,^[13] political listing of interment^[14] and statewide indexes.^[15]

1. "Hudson County Churches and Cemeteries". Hudson County, New Jersey; History, Records, Facts and Genealogy. Genealogy Inc. 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
2. Adams, p. 64.
3. National Board of Health (1879), p. 201.
4. Hagstrom Map, Hudson County
5. Stratford, p. 1.
6. "New Jersey Civil War Gravestones". newjerseycivilwargravestones.org. 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
7. Numbers represent an ordering by significant words.
8. Karnoutsos, Carmela. "Underground Railroad". Jersey City Past and Present. New Jersey City University. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
9. http://photos.nj.com/jersey-journal/2011/03/the_blue_chapel_in_union_city_10.html
10. "Old Graveyard at Greeenville". Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Vol. 1, New Series, 1916, Page 146. usgwarchives.net. July 3, 1910. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
11. "Van Buskirk Burial Ground". www.graveinfo.com. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
12. National Board of Health (1898), p. 234.
13. "Hudson County". The Tombstone Transcription Project. USGenWeb Tombstone Project. 1997–2009. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
14. Kestenbaum, Lawrence (1996–2010). "Hudson County, New Jersey". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
15. Hood, p. 185.

Sources

• Adams, Arthur G. (1996). The Hudson River Guidebook. Fordham University Press. p. 430. ISBN 0-8232-1679-9.
• Hagstrom Map (2008). Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. ISBN 0-88097-763-9.
• Hood, John (1877). "Index of colonial and state laws between the years 1663 and 1877 inclusive". J.L. Murphy, printer: 1136. OCLC 31641787.
• National Board of Health (1898). "Annual report". Board of Health (New Jersey State Dept. of Health): 388. OCLC 1759842.
• National Board of Health (1879). "Annual report of the National Board of Health". National Board of Health (U.S.) (G.P.O) 1: 477. OCLC 17542545.
• Stratford, Dorothy A.; Riemer, Janet (October 1988). "Inventory of GSNJ Files of New Jersey Cemeteries" (PDF). The Genealogical Society of New Jersey (Hudson County): 1. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
• Leonard, J.H. (1895), The Leonard Manual of the Cemeteries of New York and Vicinity, archive.org/, retrieved 2014-08-08