Weehawken Cemetery

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Weehawken Cemetery
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East side of the Cemetery near the gate
Weehawken Cemetery
Interactive map of Weehawken Cemetery
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Location
Bergen Turnpike,
North Bergen, New Jersey
CountryUnited States

The Weehawken Cemetery, like neighboring Hoboken Cemetery, [1] is not located in its namesake town of Weehawken but rather on the western slope of the Hudson Palisades in North Bergen, New Jersey, [2] with its main entrance on Bergen Turnpike. At its east side the cemetery is overlooked by the Bergen Crest Mausoleum and the Garden State Crematory. [3] and nearby Flower Hill Cemetery.

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In December 2018 owner of the cemetery were ordered to halt work with felling trees when it was established that erosion could cause damage to existing graves on the hillside. [4]

Notable burials

Unclaimed bodies found after the collapse of the first attempt at the construction of the Uptown Hudson Tubes in 1880, a project later abandoned until 1908, were buried at the cemetery. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Van Winkle, Daniel (1923). History of the Municipalities of Hudson County, 1630–1923. Higginson Book Company. ISBN   0832850675.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. ↑ Hudson Cemeteries
  3. ↑ Veit, Richard Francis; Mark Nonestied (2008). New Jersey Cemeteries and Tombstones: History in the Landscape. Rutgers University Press. ISBN   978-0813542362.
  4. ↑ "With gravestones toppled and trees down, N.J. Cemetery 'looks like a war zone'". December 30, 2018.
  5. ↑ "A Body found in the Tunnel" (PDF), New York Times, October 9, 1880, retrieved March 4, 2011
  6. ↑ Albert Wadas Burial Site

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