About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. It lies about 1.5 mi southwest of Trenton. The grounds sit at about 56 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Ruth Donnelly, Isaac Witkin and Sam DeCavalcante. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 876815. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Smith Funeral Services Llc in Trenton, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 54 cemeteries we list in Mercer County, and 70 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 54 listings in Mercer County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Trenton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 baseball player, 1 musician.
- Ruth Donnelly1896-1982Actress
- Isaac Witkin1936-2006British sculptor
- Sam DeCavalcante1912-1997American mobster
- Clifford Adams1952-2015American musician
- Danny Napoleon1942-2003American baseball player
- Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly1841-1905American mayor
- Jim Liberman1945-1977American racing driver
- David M. Waters1897-1981American football coach and educator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
40.22889, -74.71888
What Greenwood 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
- Saints Peter and Paul CemeteryTrenton, NJCemetery1.3 mi
- Pet MeadowMercerville, NJPet cemetery1.3 mi
- St. Mary's of The Assumption CemeteryTrenton, NJCemetery1.4 mi
- Workers of Truth CemeteryTrenton, NJCemetery1.4 mi
- Fortitude Benevolent Association-Knights of Pathias CemeteryTrenton, NJCemetery1.4 mi
- Holy Cross Cemetery #2Trenton, NJCemetery1.4 mi
- Congregation Brothers of IsraelTrenton, NJChurch cemetery1.4 mi
- Holy Sepulchre CemeteryTrenton, NJCemetery1.4 mi
- St. Stephen Roman Catholic CemeteryTrenton, NJCatholic cemetery1.4 mi
- People of Truth CemeteryTrenton, NJCemetery1.5 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Smith Funeral Services Llc0.7 miFuneral home · Trenton · (856) 228-6900
- Saul Funeral Homes0.7 miFuneral home · Trenton · (609) 587-8221
- Mullen Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Trenton · (609) 392-1039
- Bracoloni Memorials1.5 miMonument dealer · Hamilton Twp · (609) 393-9519
- Brenna Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Hamilton Township · (609) 587-1300
- D'errico Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Trenton · (609) 396-3354
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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