The Weehawken Cemetery, like neighboring

Hoboken Cemetery The Hoboken Cemetery is located at 5500 Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen, New Jersey, United States. in the New Durham, North Bergen, New Durham section. It was owned by the Hoboken, New Jersey, City of Hoboken. The Flower Hill Cemetery borders it ...

, is not located in its namesake town of

Weehawken Weehawken is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located largely on the Hudson Palisades overlooking the Hudson River. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 17,197.

but rather on the western slope of the

Hudson Palisades The Palisades, also called the New Jersey Palisades or the Hudson River Palisades, are a line of steep cliffs along the west side of the lower Hudson River in Northeastern New Jersey and Southeastern New York in the United States. The cliffs st ...

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 ...

, with its main entrance on

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. At its east side the cemetery is overlooked by the

Bergen Crest Mausoleum Bergen Crest Mausoleum is a mausoleum in Hudson County, New Jersey. Location Located at 4001 Kennedy Boulevard, the Bergen Crest Mausoleum is in town of North Bergen, New Jersey and is adjacent to the Garden State Crematory. Along the boulev ...

and the

Garden State Crematory Garden State Crematory is located at 4101 Kennedy Boulevard in North Bergen, New Jersey. The back of the building overlooks the Weehawken Cemetery and it is adjacent to the Bergen Crest Mausoleum. History In the 19th century, the New York and New ...

. and nearby Flower Hill Cemetery. In December 2018 owner of the cemetery were ordered to halt work with felling trees when it was established that erosion could cause damage to existing graves on the hillside.

Notable burials

Unclaimed bodies found after the collapse of the first attempt at the construction of the

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in 1880, a project later abandoned until 1908, were buried at the cemetery. * Albert Vadas (1877–1946)Albert Wadas Burial Site
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Burial records of Weehawken Cemetery

Civil War gravestones in Hudson County
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Notable burials

See also

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