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List of cemeteries in Hudson County, New Jersey

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List of the cemeteries in Hudson County, New Jersey

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Hudson County is home to many churches and cemeteries,{{cite web|title=Hudson County Churches and Cemeteries|url=http://www.genealogyinc.com/new-jersey/hudson-county/|work=Hudson County, New Jersey; History, Records, Facts and Genealogy|publisher=Genealogy Inc|accessdate=27 September 2010|year=2009}} some of which provide significant open areas in otherwise congested residential areas.Adams, p. 64.

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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. 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. 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.Hagstrom Map, Hudson County 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. Finally, several burial grounds exist in Hudson County, some of which date back into colonial times are lost and possibly removed or built over.

Another characteristic of many cemeteries in Hudson County is that they host a large amount of civil war veteran graves.{{Cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | title = New Jersey Civil War Gravestones | publisher = newjerseycivilwargravestones.org | year = 2011 | url = http://newjerseycivilwargravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=9 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2011-03-20 | quote = }}

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| African Burying Ground{{Cite web

| last = Karnoutsos

| first = Carmela

| authorlink =

| title = Underground Railroad

| work = Jersey City Past and Present

| publisher = New Jersey City University

| url = http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/U_Pages/Underground_Railroad.htm

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| accessdate = 2011-03-27

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|1841

| |Defunct

| Johnston Avenue at Pine
{{coord|40.7092

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| Jersey City

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! | 2

| Abel I. Smith Burial Ground

| 100px

| 1755

| Defunct

| Near Secaucus Road
{{WikidataCoord|Q4666579|display=|name=Abel I. Smith Burial Ground}}

| Secaucus

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! | 3

| Arlington Memorial Park

| 100px

| 1865

| Veteran

| 748 Schuyler Avenue
{{WikidataCoord|Q4792364|display=|name=Arlington Memorial Park}}

| Kearny

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! | 4

| Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery

| 100px

| 1848

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| 312 Garfield Avenue
{{WikidataCoord|Q4875024|display=|name=Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery}}

| Jersey City

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! | 5

| Bergen Crest Mausoleum

| 100px

| {{dts|1917}}

| Mausoleum

| 4001 Kennedy Boulevard
{{WikidataCoord|Q4891512|display=|name=Bergen Crest Mausoleum}}

| North Bergen

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! | 6/7

| Constable Hook Cemetery

| 100px

| 1849

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| East 22nd Street
{{WikidataCoord|Q5163472|display=|name=Constable Hook Cemetery}}

| Bayonne

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-1912

! | 8

| The Blue Chapel

| 100px

| 1912

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| 605 14th & West Streets
{{WikidataCoord|Q4928956|display=|name=Dominican Convent}}

| West Hoboken
now Union City

| http://photos.nj.com/jersey-journal/2011/03/the_blue_chapel_in_union_city_10.html

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! | 9

| Flower Hill Cemetery

| 100px

| 1873

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| 4001 Kennedy Boulevard
{{WikidataCoord|Q5462169|display=|name=Flower Hill Cemetery}}

| North Bergen

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! | 10

| Garden State Crematory

| 100px

| 1907

| Crematory

| 4101 Kennedy Boulevard
{{WikidataCoord|Q5522316|display=|name=Garden State Crematory}}

| North Bergen

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! | 10

|Old Graveyard at Greenville{{Cite web | title =Old Graveyard at Greeenville | work = Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, Vol. 1, New Series, 1916, Page 146 | publisher = usgwarchives.net | date = July 3, 1910 | url = http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/hudson/cemeteries/oldgreenville.txt | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2011-11-23}}

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|1821 or 1824

|Defunct

|Newark Bay Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike Exit 14C
{{WikidataCoord|Q5195166|display=|name=Curries Woods}}

|Jersey City

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! | 11

| Grove Church Cemetery

| 100px

| 1847

| Nosectarian

| 1132 46th Street and Kennedy Boulevard
{{WikidataCoord|Q5611374|display=|name=Grove Church Cemetery}}

| North Bergen

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! | 12

| Hoboken Cemetery

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| 1871

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| 5500 Tonnelle Avenue
{{WikidataCoord|Q8509417|display=|name=Hoboken Cemetery}}

| North Bergen

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! | 13

| Holy Name Cemetery

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| 1866

| Catholic

| West Side Avenue
{{WikidataCoord|Q5885770|display=|name=Holy Name Cemetery}}

| Jersey City

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! | 14

| Hudson County Burial Grounds

| 100px

| 1829

| Defunct

| Near Snake Hill
{{WikidataCoord|Q5928623|display=|name=Hudson County Burial Grounds}}

| Secaucus

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! | 15

| Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery

| 100px

| 1829

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| 435 Newark Avenue
{{WikidataCoord|Q6184803|display=|name=Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery}}

| Jersey City

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! | 16

| Machpelah Cemetery

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| 1853

| Sectarian

| 5810 Tonnelle Avenue
{{WikidataCoord|Q6723845|display=|name=Machpelah Cemetery}}

| North Bergen

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! | 17

| North Arlington Jewish Cemeteryhttp://www.northjersey.com/news/north-arlington-jewish-cemetery-falls-on-hard-times-1.687087 Available via [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56428271/jewish-cemetery-falls-on-hard-times/ clipping] at [http://newspapers.com Newspapers.com]

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| Belleville Turnpike

|Kearny and North Arlington

| On the border of Arlington, Kearny, Hudson County and North Arlington, Bergen County

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! | 18

| Old Bergen Church Cemetery

| 100px

| 1660s

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| 1 Highland Avenue
{{WikidataCoord|Q7083462|display=|name=Old Bergen Church Cemetery}}

| Jersey City

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! | 19

| Palisades Cemetery

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| 1982

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| Bergen Turnpike
{{WikidataCoord|Q7127594|display=|name=Palisades Cemetery}}

| North Bergen

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! | 20

| Passionist Cemetery

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| 1864

| Defunct

| 2000 Summit Avenue
{{WikidataCoord|Q6898309|display=|name=Passionist Cemetery}}

| West Hoboken
now Union City

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! | 21

| Saint Peter's Cemetery

| 100px

|1849

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| Utica Street
{{WikidataCoord|Q7402066|display=|name=Saint Peter's Cemetery}}

| Jersey City

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! | 22

| Sandford Burying Ground

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| Kearny

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! | 23

| Speer Cemetery

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| 1660s

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| Vroom Street
{{WikidataCoord|Q7575740|display=|name=Speer Cemetery}}

| Jersey City

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! | 24

| Van Buskirk Burial Ground{{Cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | title = Van Buskirk Burial Ground | publisher = www.graveinfo.com | url = http://www.graveinfo.com/NJ/Bayonne/vanbuskirk/index.shtml | doi = | accessdate = 2011-03-18 | quote = }}

| 100px

|1736

|Defunct

| Constable Hook
{{WikidataCoord|Q5163472|display=|name=Van Buskirk Burial Ground}}

| Bayonne

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! | 25

| Weehawken Cemetery

| 100px

| 1867

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| 4000 Bergen Turnpike
{{WikidataCoord|Q7979375|display=|name=Weehawken Cemetery}}

| North Bergen

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See also

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References

{{Cnote|a|The cemeteries in Hudson county is compiled from several existing lists which, catalog strictly minor, obscure or defunct cemeteries or burial grounds,Stratford, p. 1. are historical surveys,National Board of Health (1879), p. 201.National Board of Health (1898), p. 234. are grave transcription projects,{{cite web|title=Hudson County|url=http://usgwtombstones.org/newjer/hudson.htm|work=The Tombstone Transcription Project|publisher=USGenWeb Tombstone Project|accessdate=27 September 2010|date=1997–2009}} political listing of interment{{cite web|last=Kestenbaum|first=Lawrence|title=Hudson County, New Jersey|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU.html#0SB01FYOS|work=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=27 September 2010|year=1996–2010}} and statewide indexes.Hood, p. 185.}}

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Sources

  • {{cite book|last=Adams|first=Arthur G.|title=The Hudson River Guidebook|url=https://archive.org/details/hudsonriverguide0000adam|url-access=registration|year=1996|publisher=Fordham University Press|isbn=0-8232-1679-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hudsonriverguide0000adam/page/430 430]}}
  • {{Cite book|last=Hagstrom Map|publisher = Hagstrom Map Company, Inc|isbn = 978-0-88097-763-0|title = Hudson County New Jersey Street Map |year = 2008}}
  • {{cite journal|last=Hood|first=John|title=Index of colonial and state laws between the years 1663 and 1877 inclusive|year=1877|pages=1136|publisher=J.L. Murphy, printer|oclc=31641787}}
  • {{cite journal|last=National Board of Health|title=Annual report|journal=Board of Health|year=1898|pages=388|publisher=New Jersey State Dept. of Health|oclc=1759842}}
  • {{cite journal|last=National Board of Health|title=Annual report of the National Board of Health|journal=National Board of Health (U.S.)|year=1879|volume=1|pages=477|publisher=G.P.O|oclc=17542545}}
  • {{cite journal|last=Stratford|first=Dorothy A.|author2=Riemer, Janet |title=Inventory of GSNJ Files of New Jersey Cemeteries|journal=The Genealogical Society of New Jersey|date=October 1988|issue=Hudson County|pages=1|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njgsnj/pdf/GSNJ_CI_Hudson.pdf|accessdate=27 September 2010}}
  • {{citation | last = Leonard | first = J.H. | title = The Leonard Manual of the Cemeteries of New York and Vicinity | year = 1895 | publisher = New York, J. H. Leonard | url = https://archive.org/stream/leonardmanualofc01leon/leonardmanualofc01leon_djvu.txt | accessdate = 2014-08-08}}

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