Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery

{{Short description|Historic cemetery in Jersey City, New Jersey}}

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|name = Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery

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|established = 1829

|country = United States

|location = 435 Newark Avenue
Jersey City, New Jersey

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|size = {{convert|6|acre|m2}}

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|website = {{URL|http://www.jerseycitycemetery.org/}}

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Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was established in 1829 by the first cemetery company founded in the State of New Jersey and covers an area of {{convert|6|acre|m2}}.Mark Nonestied, [http://gardenstatelegacy.com/files/Burial_Reform_at_the_Jersey_City___Harsimus_Cemetery_Nonestied_GSL12.pdf Burial Reform at the Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery], Garden State Legacy.com, Issue 12, June 2011 The cemetery is an early example of Garden Style landscape cemeteries.{{Cite web|last=Karnoutsos |first=Carmela |title=Historic Jersey City Harsimus Cemetery |work=Jersey City Past and Present |publisher=New Jersey City University |url=http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/J_Pages/Jersey_City_Cemetery.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030710062739/http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/J_Pages/Jersey_City_Cemetery.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 10, 2003 }} The cemetery fell into disrepair and was abandoned in 2008. A volunteer group has since been founded to maintain the cemetery.

The location of the cemetery was used as an ammunition bunker for the War of 1812 and was a site of skirmishes in 1780 during the Revolutionary War.{{Cite web|title=Cemetery History |publisher=The Historic Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery |url=http://www.jerseycitycemetery.org/history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601014338/http://www.jerseycitycemetery.org/history.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 1, 2011 |access-date=July 2, 2010 }}

Since 2011 goats are used for weed control during the summer.{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/index.ssf/2016/07/chow_time_at_jersey_city_cemetery.html|title=Goat gardening at Jersey City cemetery|website=NJ.com|last=Parillo|first=Rosemary|date=July 23, 2016 |access-date=November 8, 2017}}{{cite news | url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/02/meet-the-man-who-brought-an-abandoned-historic-cemetery-back-to-life.html | title=Meet the man who brought an abandoned historic cemetery back to life | last=D'Auria | first=Peter | date=February 7, 2020 | work=The Jersey Journal}}