About Chestnut Hill Cemetery
Chestnut Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Old Bridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The grounds sit at about 118 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Henrietta Christian Wright, J. C. Thom and Theodore Frank Appleby. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 875407. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Aftercare Cremation Service in East Brunswick, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 86 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 92 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1754. 7 of the 86 listings in Middlesex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Old Bridge. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Chestnut Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Henrietta Christian Wright1852-1899American writer
- J. C. Thom1835-1898American artist
- Theodore Frank Appleby1864-1924United States Congressman from New Jersey
- Charles Gregory Costello, Jr.1955-2001American elevator technician, victim of the September 11 attacks
- John Peter Norton1929-2018Husband of Alice Mary Schipf
People whose Wikidata entry gives Chestnut Hill 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 Chestnut Hill 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
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- Saint Mary CemeteryEast Brunswick, NJCemetery2.1 mi
- Saint Peter's Episcopal Church CemeterySpotswood, NJEpiscopal cemetery2.2 mi
- Calvary CemeterySayreville, NJChristian cemetery2.8 mi
- Beth Abraham CemeteryEast Brunswick, NJJewish cemetery3.1 mi
- Saint Stanislaus CemeteryPulaski Avenue, Sayreville, NJCemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Chestnut Hill Cemetery
- Aftercare Cremation Service1.0 miCremation provider · East Brunswick · (732) 698-1111
- Mount Sinai Memorial Chapels2.0 miFuneral home · East Brunswick · (732) 390-9199
- Cremation Services of Central New Jersey2.0 miCremation provider · East Brunswick · (732) 238-5655
- Brunswick Memorial Home2.0 miFuneral home · East Brunswick · (732) 254-9393
- Spotswood Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Spotswood · (732) 251-2440
- Rezem Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · East Brunswick · (732) 257-1191
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