About Eglington Cemetery
Eglington Cemetery is a cemetery near Paulsboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It lies about 2.6 mi north of Paulsboro. The grounds sit at about 79 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Robert C. Hendrickson, George Gill Green and Joshua B. Howell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 876125. The nearest other listed cemetery is Gates of Heaven Memorial Park, about 1.4 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is McBride-Foley Funeral Home in Paulsboro, about 2.6 mi away. It is one of 32 cemeteries we list in Gloucester County, and 65 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Paulsboro. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Eglington Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player, 1 business leader, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 physician, 1 US senator, 1 World War I veteran, 1 World War II veteran.
- Robert C. Hendrickson1898-1964American politician
- George Gill Green1842-1925American patent medicine entrepreneur
- Joshua B. Howell1806-1864American Civil War Officer
- Ray Narleski1928-2012American baseball player
- Loring W. Batten1859-1946American Episcopal priest
- Frank Queen1821-1882American newspaper editor
- William Stephen Serri1911-1995USA art collector and lender to exhibitions
People whose Wikidata entry gives Eglington 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 Eglington 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
- Gates of Heaven Memorial ParkOak Valley, NJMemorial park1.4 mi
- Solomons GraveyardPaulsboro, NJCemetery2.3 mi
- Saint Pauls Methodist CemeteryPaulsboro, NJMethodist cemetery2.6 mi
- Wenonah CemeteryWenonah, NJCemetery3.2 mi
- Woodbury Memorial ParkWoodbury, NJMemorial park3.3 mi
- Mullica Hill Baptist Church CemeteryMullica Hill, NJBaptist cemetery4.2 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeteryMullica Hill, NJCemetery4.3 mi
- Odd Fellows CemeteryWoodbury Heights, NJCemetery4.3 mi
- Mullica Hill Friends CemeteryMullica Hill, NJCemetery4.4 mi
- Green CemeteryWoodbury, NJCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Eglington Cemetery
- McBride-Foley Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Paulsboro · (856) 423-0526
- Landolfi Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Paulsboro · (856) 423-0519
- Adams-Stiefel Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Paulsboro · (856) 423-0179
- Smith Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Oak Valley · (856) 468-0670
- Fertig Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Mullica Hill · (856) 478-2576
- Budd Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Woodbury · (856) 845-1310
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