About Hackensack Cemetery
Hackensack Cemetery is a cemetery near Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey. It lies about 1.1 mi southeast of Teaneck. The grounds sit at about 30 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 32 notable people buried here, including Ben E. King, Alice Huyler Ramsey and Arshavir Shirakian. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 876856. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Joseph Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Boulevard Funeral Home and Cremation Service in New Milford, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 55 cemeteries we list in Bergen County, and 80 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Teaneck. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Hackensack Cemetery
Among them: 5 US representatives, 2 musicians, 2 writers, 1 actor, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 scientist, 1 World War II veteran.
- Ben E. King1938-2015American singer
- Alice Huyler Ramsey1886-1983American driver
- Arshavir Shirakian1900-1973Armenian writer (d. 1973)
- Victor Hugo Green1892-1960American travel writer
- John R. Ramsey1862-1933American politician
- William B. Widnall1906-1983American politician
- Archibald Chapman Hart1873-1935American Democratic politician
- Dan Mason1853-1929American actor
- Charles H. Voorhis1833-1896American politician
- Harry Lancaster Towe1898-1991American politician
- Francis Dunlap Gamewell1857-1950American missionary
- Charles Edward Ensko Sr.1880-1952(1880-1952) American businessman
Show all 32 notable burials
- Eloise Lindauer1852-1942(1852-1942) wife of William Ensko
- Henry Barrington Pratt1832-1912American Presbyterian missionary
- Sophie Charlotte Ensko1886-1954
- Elizabeth Dempster MacIlwraith1890-1987(1890-1987) wife of Charles Edward Lindauer
- Eloise Ensko I1882-1966
- Eloise Ensko II1925-1993(1925-1993) wife of Ralph Moan Higgins
- Ethel Minerva Beaver1881-1957
- Frederick Behne1873-1918United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
- James Simpson Chester Wells1851-1931American inorganic chemist and metallurgist
- William Armstrong Crozier1864-1913Genealogist; 1864-1913
- William Arthur Ensko Jr.1878-1942(1877-1942) husband of Ethel Beaver
- William M. Johnson1847-1928American politician
- Alfonso Casamenti1927-2021American composer
- Alicia Bell Legg1915-2002American curator and printmaker
- Alma Duke1889-1978Wife of Victor Hugo Green
- Frederick Emory Foster1841-1926Millionaire
- Was the pioneer Dutch preacher and "the itinerant apostle of New Jersey." He came to this country from Holland with the early emigrants who settled at Hackensack, N. J., as their catechist, schoolmaster, and vorleser, or precentor
- Ralph M. Higgins1917-2009(1917-2009) husband of Eloise Ensko
- Robert Eckert1901-1966American stereotyper
- Thomas Bernard Chrystal1852-1926Newspaper editor, owner, humorist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Hackensack 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 Hackensack 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
- Saint Joseph CemeteryTeaneck, NJCemetery0.2 mi
- French Huguenot – Demarest CemeteryRiver Edge, NJChristian cemetery1.4 mi
- Riverside CemeterySaddle Brook, NJJewish cemetery2.5 mi
- Woodside CemeteryDumont, NJCemetery3.0 mi
- Saints Peter and Paul CemeterySaddle Brook, NJOrthodox cemetery3.0 mi
- Lodi Burial GroundsLodi, NJCemetery3.1 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryLodi, NJCatholic cemetery3.1 mi
- Maple Grove Park CemeteryLittle Ferry, NJCemetery3.1 mi
- Passaic Junction CemeteriesSaddle Brook, NJJewish cemetery3.1 mi
- Gethsemane CemeteryLittle Ferry, NJCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Hackensack Cemetery
- Boulevard Funeral Home and Cremation Service1.0 miFuneral home · New Milford · (201) 692-0100
- Riverside Memorial Chapels Of New Jersey1.0 miFuneral home · Hackensack · (201) 489-2728
- Wien & Wien Inc. Memorial Chapels1.0 miFuneral home · Hackensack · (800) 522-0588
- Steward Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Hackensack · (201) 487-0008
- G Thomas Gentile Funeral Service1.0 miFuneral home · Hackensack · (201) 487-1010
- Brown & Brown Funeral Service1.2 miFuneral home · Hackensack · (201) 852-4099
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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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.