Hillside Cemetery in Plainfield, New Jersey

Hillside Cemetery is a cemetery near Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey. It lies about 2.1 mi north of Plainfield. The grounds sit at about 174 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 49 notable people buried here, including Dudley Moore, Eddie Hazel and Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 877129. The nearest other listed cemetery is Plainfield Burial Ground, about 1.7 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mccriskin-gustafson Home For Funerals in South Plainfield, about 1.9 mi away. It is one of 27 cemeteries we list in Union County, and 94 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 27 listings in Union County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Plainfield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 11 writers, 3 artists, 3 musicians, 3 US representatives, 2 baseball players, 2 business leaders, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 journalists.

• Dudley Moore1935-2002
  British actor, comedian, composer and musician
• Eddie Hazel1950-1992
  American guitarist
• Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman1852-1930
  American novelist, short story writer, poet, children's author
• James Edgar Martine1850-1925
  American politician
• Robert Lowry1826-1899
  American professor of literature, composer of gospel hymns
• William Nelson Runyon1871-1931
  American politician
• Charles Aubrey Eaton1868-1953
  Reverend, journalist, U.S. congressman
• Joe Black1924-2002
  American baseball player
• George Wharton Edwards1859-1950
  American artist
• Henry Mills Alden1836-1919
  American author and magazine editor
• Percy Hamilton Stewart1867-1951
  American politician
• Ernest Robinson Ackerman1863-1931
  American politician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Hillside 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.

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.

• Plainfield Burial Ground

  North Plainfield, NJ
  Christian cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Saint Marys Cemetery

  Plainfield, NJ
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Brook Avenue Cemetery

  North Plainfield, NJ
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Holy Redeemer Cemetery

  South Plainfield, NJ
  Cemetery

  2.7 mi
• New Dover Cemetery

  Iselin, NJ
  Cemetery

  3.1 mi
• Vermeule Historical Cemetery

  Dunellen, NJ
  Cemetery

  3.4 mi
• North Plainfield Burying Ground - Cemetery

  Watchung, NJ
  Cemetery

  4.0 mi
• Revolution Cemetery

  Westfield, NJ
  Cemetery

  4.1 mi
• Revolutionary Cemetery

  Westfield, NJ
  Cemetery

  4.1 mi
• St. Gertrude Cemetery & Mausoleum

  Rahway, NJ
  Cemetery

  4.5 mi

• Mccriskin-gustafson Home For Funerals

  Funeral home · South Plainfield · (908) 561-8000
  1.9 mi
• South Plainfield Funeral Home

  Funeral home · South Plainfield · (908) 756-2800
  1.9 mi
• Scarpa-Las Rosas Funeral Home

  Funeral home · North Plainfield · (908) 756-2693
  2.0 mi
• Brown's Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Plainfield · (908) 756-4241
  2.1 mi
• Memorial Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Fanwood · (908) 322-4350
  2.3 mi
• Rossi Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Scotch Plains · (908) 322-8038
  3.2 mi

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