About Friends Central Cemetery
Friends Central Cemetery is a cemetery near Northfield, Atlantic County, New Jersey. It lies about 1.1 mi northeast of Northfield. The grounds sit at about 26 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Walter A. Shewhart. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 876520. The nearest other listed cemetery is Jeremiah Leeds gravesite, about 0.7 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Adams-Perfect Funeral Home in Northfield, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 43 cemeteries we list in Atlantic County, and 20 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Northfield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Friends Central Cemetery
Among them: 1 inventor or engineer, 1 scientist.
- Walter A. Shewhart1891-1967American statistical quality control expert
People whose Wikidata entry gives Friends Central 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
39.35662, -74.56063
What Friends Central 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
- Jeremiah Leeds gravesiteNorthfield, NJCemetery0.7 mi
- Old Zion CemeteryLinwood, NJCemetery1.6 mi
- Beth Israel CemeteryPleasantville, NJJewish cemetery2.9 mi
- Greentree CemeteryPleasantville, NJCemetery2.9 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeteryPleasantville, NJCemetery2.9 mi
- Atlantic City CemeteryPleasantville, NJMunicipal cemetery3.0 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryPleasantville, NJCemetery3.1 mi
- Muslim Cemetery of Atlantic CountyPleasantville, NJMuslim cemetery3.2 mi
- Temple Emeth Shalom CemeteryPleasantville, NJJewish cemetery3.5 mi
- Rodef Sholom CemeteryPleasantville, NJCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Friends Central Cemetery
- Adams-Perfect Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Northfield · (609) 641-0065
- Jeffries and Keates Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Northfield · (609) 646-3400
- George H. Wimberg Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Linwood · (609) 653-1881
- Jennings Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Pleasantville · (609) 650-7501
- Middleton-Stroble & Zale Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Somers Point · (609) 927-3844
- Serenity Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Pleasantville · (609) 383-9994
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