About Union Cemetery
Union Cemetery is a cemetery near Hackettstown, Morris County, New Jersey. It lies about 0.8 mi northwest of Hackettstown. The grounds sit at about 522 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Louis Freeland Post and William Warren Gibbs. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 881339. The nearest other listed cemetery is Our Lady of the Mountain Cemetery, about 3.6 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Maguire Memorial Home & Cremation Services in Hackettstown, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 61 cemeteries we list in Morris County, and 20 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, Hackettstown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Union Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 journalist, 1 writer.
- Louis Freeland Post1849-1928American writer
- William Warren Gibbs1846-1924American entrepreneur
People whose Wikidata entry gives Union 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
40.84454, -74.82100
What Union 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
- Our Lady of the Mountain CemeteryLong Valley, NJCatholic cemetery3.6 mi
- Union Church CemeteryLong Valley, NJChurch cemetery4.6 mi
- Pleasant Grove Presbyterian ChurchyardBeattystown, NJPresbyterian cemetery4.8 mi
- Pequest Union CemeteryHackettstown, NJCemetery4.9 mi
- German Valley Rural CemeteryLong Valley, NJCemetery5.3 mi
- Middle Valley CemeteryLong Valley, NJCemetery5.6 mi
- St. Michaels Cemetary27 Old Ledgewood Road, Mount Olive, NJCemetery6.7 mi
- Stanhope Union CemeteryStanhope, NJCemetery6.8 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryChester, NJCemetery6.8 mi
- Mount Lebanon CemeteryCalifon, NJCemetery7.0 mi
Funeral homes near Union Cemetery
- Maguire Memorial Home & Cremation Services0.8 miCremation provider · Hackettstown · (908) 852-2420
- Cochran Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Hackettstown · (908) 852-3361
- T Y Ward Monument Co4.9 miMonument dealer · Budd Lake · (908) 895-5551
- Morgan Funeral Home Inc.7.1 miFuneral home · Netcong · (973) 347-0165
- William J. Leber Funeral Home7.1 miFuneral home · Chester · (908) 879-3090
- Coughlin Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Califon · (908) 832-2414
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