About Rahway Cemetery
Rahway Cemetery is a cemetery near Rahway, Union County, New Jersey. It lies about 0.8 mi southeast of Rahway. The grounds sit at about 36 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Abraham Clark, Carolyn Wells and Rahway Jane Doe. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 879586. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hazelwood Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jones Funeral Home in Rahway, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 27 cemeteries we list in Union County, and 125 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, Rahway. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Rahway Cemetery
Among them: 1 architect, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Abraham Clark1726-1794American politician
- Carolyn Wells1862-1942American humorist, poet, writer of children's works and mystery stories
- Rahway Jane Doe1865-1887Murder victim
- Fred H. Albee1876-1945American surgeon
- James B. Baker1862-1918American architect
- Harriet Estelle Griffin1864-1941
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rahway 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
40.61760, -74.28625
What Rahway 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
- Hazelwood CemeteryRahway, NJCemetery1.1 mi
- St. Gertrude Cemetery & MausoleumRahway, NJCemetery1.8 mi
- Linden Park CemeteryLinden, NJCemetery2.6 mi
- Rosedale CemeteryLinden, NJCemetery2.7 mi
- Rose Hill CemeteryLinden, NJCemetery2.8 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeteryLinden, NJCemetery2.9 mi
- Cloverleaf CemeteryColonia, NJCemetery3.3 mi
- Clover Leaf Memorial Park CemeteryColonia, NJMemorial park3.3 mi
- New Dover CemeteryIselin, NJCemetery3.6 mi
- Trinity CemeteryPort Reading, NJCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Rahway Cemetery
- Jones Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Rahway · (732) 381-6981
- Pettit-Davis Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Rahway · (732) 388-0038
- Lehrer-Gibilisco Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Rahway · (732) 388-1874
- Krowicki Gorny Memorial Home1.0 miFuneral home · Clark · (732) 382-1400
- Drew Memorials1.5 miMonument dealer · Colonia · (732) 388-4396
- Werson Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Linden · (908) 486-4118
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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