Newark City Cemetery

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Newark City Cemetery
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Established1869
Location
Bessemer St. Newark, New Jersey
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 40°42′00.08″N74°11′25.14″W / 40.7000222°N 74.1903167°W / 40.7000222; -74.1903167 (Newark City Cemetery) Coordinates: 40°42′00.08″N74°11′25.14″W / 40.7000222°N 74.1903167°W / 40.7000222; -74.1903167 (Newark City Cemetery)
Typepublic
Size5.2 acres (2.1 ha)

Newark City Cemetery, also known as Newark Municipal Graveyard and Floral Rest, in Newark, New Jersey is a no-longer-used potter's field, or cemetery for the indigent. It was in use from 1869 until the early 1950s. [1]

An 1889 report of the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey found with respect to the no-longer extant Clinton Township, which once included the area: "There are two cemeteries, or burial-places, in the township — Clinton cemetery, in the village and upon the banks of Elizabeth River, and Newark potter's field, down in the salt meadow section". [2] Located in the Dayton neighborhood on Bessemer St. near Newark Airport and is prominently visible from the monorail serving it. [3]

The city began using the cemetery as a dump in 1954, until it was ordered to restore it in 1998. [4] [5] [6]

The area has been restored, but as of 2010 it is closed to the public.

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References

  1. Gleishemier, Glen. "Newark City Cemetery". Old Newark. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. Annual report of the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey, 1888-89 (1889), p. 258.
  3. Newark International Airport Ground Access Monorail, Northeast Corridor Connection Project, Essex County and Union County: Environmental Impact Statement (Report). 1996. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  4. "Restoration Plan Ordered For Potter's Field in Newark". The New York Times. 9 October 1998. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. WESTFELDT, AMY (20 December 1998). "Woman Sues to Unearth Centuries of Memories From Mounds of Trash" via LA Times.
  6. "Speaking Out For the Indigent Dead; A Woman's Search for Her Father's Remains Is Forcing Newark to Restore a Potter's Field". The New York Times. 19 October 1998. Retrieved 11 March 2016.