About Colestown Cemetery
Colestown Cemetery is a cemetery near Kingston Estates, Camden County, New Jersey. It lies about 0.7 mi south of Kingston Estates. The grounds sit at about 72 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Raymond Franz, Alexander G. Cattell and Andrew K. Hay. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 875554. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Carmel Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bocco Funeral Home in Cherry Hill, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 31 cemeteries we list in Camden County, and 102 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Kingston Estates. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Colestown Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 business leader, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 US senator, 1 writer.
- Raymond Franz1922-2010Critic and former member of Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses
- Alexander G. Cattell1816-1894American politician
- Andrew K. Hay1809-1881American politician
- Francis F. Patterson, Jr.1867-1935American politician
- George Robert Cholister1898-1924United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- Alfred Hunt1817-1888First president of Bethlehem Iron Company
- Charles G. Garrison1849-1924American judge
- Franklin Morse Archer1873-1950American lawyer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Colestown 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
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What Colestown 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
- Mount Carmel CemeteryMoorestown-Lenola, NJCemetery1.9 mi
- Locustwood Memorial ParkEllisburg, NJMemorial park2.0 mi
- Methodist CemeteryHaddonfield, NJMethodist cemetery2.7 mi
- Baptist CemeteryHaddonfield, NJBaptist cemetery2.9 mi
- Calvary CemeteryCollingswood, NJCemetery3.5 mi
- Crescent Memorial ParkPennsauken, NJMemorial park3.8 mi
- Cropwell Friends Meeting House CemeteryMarlton, NJQuaker cemetery4.1 mi
- Sunset CemeteryPennsauken, NJCemetery4.1 mi
- Bethel Park CemeteryPennsauken, NJCemetery4.1 mi
- Arlington Park CemeteryPennsauken, NJCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near Colestown Cemetery
- Bocco Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Cherry Hill · (856) 795-5991
- South Jersey Cremation Company1.5 miCremation provider · Maple Shade · (856) 452-5440
- Inglesby-Givnish Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Maple Shade Township
- Givnish Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Maple Shade · (856) 779-7900
- Mark C. Tilghman Funeral Home, Llc1.7 miFuneral home · Maple Shade · (856) 779-1200
- Schetter Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Cherry Hill Township · (856) 429-8545
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