About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Boonton, Morris County, New Jersey. The grounds sit at about 384 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Arthur Stringer, Charles Ferren Hopkins and Henry Hill. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 876816. The nearest other listed cemetery is Site of the Romine Graveyard, about 1.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Codey & Mackey Funeral Home in Boonton, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 61 cemeteries we list in Morris County, and 50 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 5 of the 61 listings in Morris County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Boonton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 writers, 1 artist.
- Arthur Stringer1874-1950Canadian screenwriter and novelist
- Charles Ferren Hopkins1842-1934Recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Henry Hill1843-1908American soldier
- Simon E. Estler1870-1936American pharmacist and postcard publisher
- Don Horan1925-1996American filmmaker and author
- George Stanton Lyon1860-1938Mayor of Boonton, New Jersey
- Meyer Dantzig1874-1939American artist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
40.89578, -74.40884
What Greenwood 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
- Site of the Romine GraveyardMountain Lakes, NJCemetery1.5 mi
- Vail Memorial CemeteryParsippany, NJCemetery2.0 mi
- Scott CemeteryMountain Lakes, NJChristian cemetery2.2 mi
- Seceder Cemetery200 Changebridge Road, Montville Township, NJChristian cemetery2.5 mi
- Cooks CemeteryDenville, NJCemetery2.7 mi
- Pine Brook CemeteryLake Hiawatha, NJCemetery3.5 mi
- Denville CemeteryDenville, NJCemetery4.1 mi
- Pine Brook Methodist Cemetery12 Hook Mountain Road, Montville Township, NJMethodist cemetery4.4 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryWhippany, NJCemetery5.1 mi
- Beth Israel CemeteryCedar Knolls, NJJewish cemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Codey & Mackey Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Boonton · (973) 334-5252
- Dangler Lewis & Carey Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Boonton · (973) 334-0842
- Stephen J. Priola Parsippany Funeral Service1.8 miFuneral home · Lake Hiawatha · (973) 335-4700
- Gutterman Bros. Funeral Directors1.8 miFuneral home · Lake Hiawatha · (973) 335-2800
- Par-Troy Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Parsippany-troy Hills Twp · (973) 887-3235
- Morris Hills Memorials4.0 miMonument dealer · Denville · (973) 625-9142
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