About Newton Cemetery
Newton Cemetery is a cemetery near Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey. The grounds sit at about 607 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Joseph E. Edsall, A. Edwin Keigwin and John Woodford Farlow. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 883570. The nearest other listed cemetery is St Joseph Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the north. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is J L Apter Jewish Memorial Chapel in Newton, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 32 cemeteries we list in Sussex County, and 18 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 32 listings in Sussex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Newton Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist, 1 physician, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Joseph E. Edsall1789-1865American politician
- A. Edwin Keigwin1869-1951American clergyman and college administrator
- John Woodford Farlow1853-1937American physician and librarian of the Boston Medical Library
- Randolph Arnold Aufranc1908-2011American painter and scientific illustrator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Newton 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
41.05037, -74.75211
What Newton 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.
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- Saint Thomas CemeteryOgdensburg, NJCemetery8.5 mi
Funeral homes near Newton Cemetery
- J L Apter Jewish Memorial Chapel0.3 miFuneral chapel · Newton · (973) 383-3333
- Iliff-Ruggiero Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Newton · (973) 383-5200
- Smith-McCracken Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Newton · (973) 383-4600
- Goble Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Sparta · (973) 729-5530
- Wood Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · Branchville · (973) 948-3030
- F John Ramsey Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Franklin · (973) 827-7050
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