About Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery is a cemetery near Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey. The grounds sit at about 361 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including James Derward Potts, Samuel DeCoster Atkins and Ferdinand Van Dorn. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2059578. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Bernards Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gallaway & Crane Funeral Home in Basking Ridge, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 59 cemeteries we list in Somerset County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Basking Ridge. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Evergreen Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 scientist.
- James Derward Potts1861-1958American businessman
- Samuel DeCoster Atkins1910-2002American scientist
- Ferdinand Van Dorn1807-1902Miller and inventor from Somerset County, New Jersey,
People whose Wikidata entry gives Evergreen Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
40.70815, -74.55543
What Evergreen Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Saint Bernards CemeteryBernardsville, NJCemetery0.6 mi
- Somerset Hills CemeteryBernardsville, NJCemetery1.1 mi
- Bernardsville Methodist CemeteryBernardsville, NJMethodist cemetery1.2 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryBernardsville, NJCemetery1.3 mi
- Vail Family Burial GroundBasking Ridge, NJFamily cemetery2.3 mi
- Millington Baptist CemeteryBasking Ridge, NJChristian cemetery3.4 mi
- Saint Vincent De Paul Catholic CemeteryBerkeley Heights, NJCatholic cemetery3.6 mi
- New Vernon CemeteryMorristown, NJCemetery3.8 mi
- Meyersville Presbyterian Church Cemetery25 Gillette Road, Gillette, NJPresbyterian cemetery4.6 mi
- Meyersville CemeteryBerkeley Heights, NJCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Evergreen Cemetery
- Gallaway & Crane Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Basking Ridge · (908) 766-0250
- Gallaway & Crane Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Bernardsville · (908) 766-0155
- Valley Memorial Funeral Home4.7 miFuneral home · Gillette · (908) 647-1603
- Layton Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Bedminster · (908) 234-0766
- Bailey Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Mendham · (973) 543-4720
- Ippolito Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Berkeley Heights · (908) 464-0948
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