The Hoboken Cemetery is located at 5500
Tonnelle Avenue in
North Bergen, New Jersey
North Bergen is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the township had a total population of 63,361. The township was founded in 1843. It was much diminished in territory by a ...
, United States. in the
New Durham section. It was owned by the
City of Hoboken. The Flower Hill Cemetery borders it on two sides. Although one may have the sense of a well groomed and cared for cemetery when first arriving at the Hoboken Cemetery, just a short walk in any direction and you will find a different story.
It is bordered by
Flower Hill Cemetery. The
Secaucus Junction was built on land that was partially the
Hudson County Burial Grounds
The Hudson County Burial Grounds are also known as the Secaucus Potter's Field and Snake Hill Cemetery and it is located in Secaucus, New Jersey.
The cemetery was cleared of bodies to make room for the Secaucus Transfer Station and Exit 15X of th ...
. The exhumed bodies were to be re-interred at the Hoboken Cemetery but that was cancelled when the cemetery was found to have been recycling older full graves that did not have tombstones, and selling them as virgin plots. The cemetery said it has no record of any bodies being buried in those plots.
Notable burials
* Oscar Louis Auf der Heide (1874–1945), mayor of West New York, New Jersey.
* Allan Langdon McDermott
Allan Langdon McDermott (March 30, 1854 – October 26, 1908) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented from 1900 to 1903, and the from 1903 to 1907.
Early life
McDermott was born in South Boston, Massachusetts, on March 30, ...
(1854–1908), US Congressman.
* Henry Otto Wittpenn
Henry Otto Wittpenn (October 23, 1871 – July 25, 1931) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey from January 1, 1908 to June 16, 1913. He was a member of the New Jersey State Highway Commission and was the p ...
(1871–1931), mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.[Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright
Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright (January 2, 1812 – January 21, 1871) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and Democratic Party politician from Hudson County, New Jersey. He was the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of New Jersey in ...]
(1812–1871), represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district
New Jersey's 5th congressional district is represented by Democrat Josh Gottheimer, who has served in Congress since 2017. The district stretches across the entire northern border of the state and contains most of Bergen County, as well as part ...
from 1865–1867.Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright biography
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washing ...
. Accessed June 29, 2007.
See also
*
Machpelah Cemetery
*
List of cemeteries in Hudson County, New Jersey
References
External links
Hoboken Cemeteryat Graveinfo
Hoboken Cemeteryby Rob Bender
at
The Political Graveyard
The Political Graveyard is a website and database that catalogues information on more than 277,000 American political figures and political families, along with other information. The name comes from the website's inclusion of burial locations of ...
* {{Find a Grave cemetery
Civil War gravestones in Hudson County
North Bergen, New Jersey
Cemeteries in Hudson County, New Jersey
Buildings and structures in Hoboken, New Jersey
Funeral scandals