About Somerset Hills Cemetery
Somerset Hills Cemetery is a cemetery near Bernardsville, Somerset County, New Jersey. It lies about 1.2 mi north of Bernardsville. The grounds sit at about 394 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Adella Wotherspoon and Frank Paul Wisniewski. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 880692. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holy Cross Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gallaway & Crane Funeral Home in Basking Ridge, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 59 cemeteries we list in Somerset County, and 51 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bernardsville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Somerset Hills Cemetery
- Adella Wotherspoon1903-2004Last survivor of the General Slocum
- Frank Paul Wisniewski1947-2001Victim of the September 11th attacks
People whose Wikidata entry gives Somerset Hills 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
40.70092, -74.57309
What Somerset Hills 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
- Holy Cross CemeteryBernardsville, NJCemetery0.3 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryBasking Ridge, NJCemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Bernards CemeteryBernardsville, NJCemetery1.3 mi
- Bernardsville Methodist CemeteryBernardsville, NJMethodist cemetery1.5 mi
- Vail Family Burial GroundBasking Ridge, NJFamily cemetery2.4 mi
- Millington Baptist CemeteryBasking Ridge, NJChristian cemetery3.4 mi
- Saint Vincent De Paul Catholic CemeteryBerkeley Heights, NJCatholic cemetery4.1 mi
- Bedminster Reformed Church CemeteryBedminster, NJChurch cemetery4.3 mi
- New Vernon CemeteryMorristown, NJCemetery4.8 mi
- Pluckemin Presbyterian Church CemeteryBedminster, NJPresbyterian cemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Somerset Hills Cemetery
- Gallaway & Crane Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Basking Ridge · (908) 766-0250
- Gallaway & Crane Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Bernardsville · (908) 766-0155
- Layton Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · Bedminster · (908) 234-0766
- Valley Memorial Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Gillette · (908) 647-1603
- Bailey Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Mendham · (973) 543-4720
- Ippolito Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · Berkeley Heights · (908) 464-0948
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