Fairmount Cemetery
Fairmount Cemetery is a 150-acre rural cemetery in the West Ward of Newark, New Jersey, in the neighborhood of Fairmount. It opened in 1855, shortly after the Newark City Council banned burials in the central city due to fears that bodies spread yellow fever.
- Cemetery
- …lies at an elevation of around 190 feet (60 metres)
- …is also known as “Fairmount Cemetery and Mausoleum”
- Description: cemetery in Newark, New Jersey
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover West Side High School and St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church.
West Side High School
West Side High School is a four-year comprehensive…
1,600 feet south of Fairmount Cemetery
St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church
St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church, is located in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
3,200 feet northeast of Fairmount Cemetery
St. Antoninus Church
Church
St. Antoninus Church is a Roman Catholic parish church…
2,400 feet southeast of Fairmount Cemetery
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roseville and East Orange.
Roseville
Hamlet
Roseville is a neighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
East Orange
East Orange is a city in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Teachers Village
Teachers Village is a neighborhood centered around Halsey Street in Newark, New Jersey.
1½ miles southeast of Fairmount Cemetery
Fairmount Cemetery
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Latitude
40.74634° or 40° 44′ 47″ north
Longitude
-74.20281° or 74° 12′ 10″ west
Open location code
87G7PQWW+GV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = cemetery
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Fairmount Cemetery” goes by many names.
cimitero di FairmountItalian
フェアマウント墓地Japanese
فیئر ماؤنٹ قبرستانUrdu
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