Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Kearny, New Jersey

Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery near Kearny, Essex County, New Jersey. It lies about 1.0 mi east of Kearny. The grounds sit at about 66 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 86 notable people buried here, including Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Joseph P. Bradley and William Pennington. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 878578. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Peters Churchyard Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Affordable Cremation in Newark, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 41 cemeteries we list in Essex County, and 116 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 41 listings in Essex County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Kearny. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 9 US representatives, 8 writers, 6 business leaders, 3 artists, 3 US senators, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 governors, 2 inventors and engineers.

• Frederick T. Frelinghuysen1817-1885
  American lawyer and politician
• Joseph P. Bradley1813-1892
  Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court
• William Pennington1796-1862
  American politician
• John F. Dryden1839-1911
  American businessman and philanthropist
• George Opdyke1805-1880
  American politician
• Marcus Lawrence Ward Sr.1812-1884
  American politician
• Samuel A. Ward1847-1903
  American organist and composer
• William Wright1794-1866
  American politician, New Jersey
• Livingston Farrand1867-1939
  American educator
• Seth Boyden1788-1870
  American inventor
• Alexander Wilson Drake1843-1916
  American artist
• Charles B. Ward1879-1946
  American politician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Pleasant 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.

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.

• Saint Peters Churchyard Cemetery

  Belleville, NJ
  Catholic cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Christ Church Cemetery & Coptic Mausoleum

  Belleville, NJ
  Orthodox cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Saint Marys Cemetery

  East Orange, NJ
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Arlington Memorial Park

  Kearny, NJ
  Memorial park

  1.8 mi
• North Arlington Jewish Cemetery

  Kearny, NJ
  Jewish cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Fairmount Cemetery

  Newark, NJ
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi
• Grove Street Cemetery

  East Orange, NJ
  Cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Holy Cross Cemetery

  North Arlington, NJ
  Cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Talmud Torah Cemetery

  Irvington, NJ
  Jewish cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Hebrew Cemetery

  Irvington, NJ
  Jewish cemetery

  2.8 mi

• Affordable Cremation

  Cremation provider · Newark · (800) 281-6323
  0.6 mi
• Gorny Funeral Service

  Funeral home · Newark · (973) 919-4570
  0.6 mi
• Alvarez Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Newark · (973) 483-7000
  0.6 mi
• Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Kearny · (201) 991-3344
  0.9 mi
• Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Kearny · (201) 991-0657
  0.9 mi
• Shaw-buyus Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Kearny · (201) 991-2265
  1.0 mi

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