Fairmount Cemetery, Newark

Name: Fairmount Cemetery
Address: 1409 Hwy 95 North, Newark, United States

#71 among attractions in Newark

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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. The first burial in Fairmount Cemetery was a 24-year-old man named Lewis J. Pierson. Fairmount is still accepting interments. ()

Established: 1855 (169 years ago)Graves: 150 thous.Coordinates: 40°44'47"N, 74°12'10"W

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1409 Hwy 95 NorthFairmountNewark United States

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Fairmount Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bethany Baptist Church, Newark Abbey, Queen of Angels Church, St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church.

1.1 miE
Church
Bethany Baptist Church, Newark
28 min walk • Bethany Baptist Church is a historic church at 117 W. Market Street in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The church traces its origins to 1870, when a group of African Americans established the church on Broad Street in Newark, in the building of the Peddie Memorial Baptist Church.
1.4 miSE
Monastery
Newark Abbey, Newark
37 min walk • Newark Abbey, also known as "The Benedictine Abbey of Newark," is a Benedictine monastery located in Newark, New Jersey. It is one of only several urban Catholic monasteries in the country. The monks serve the community through Saint Benedict's Preparatory School and St. Mary's Abbey Church, which are situated on the Abbey grounds.
1.1 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Queen of Angels Church, Newark
29 min walk • Queen of Angels Church was a historic Black Catholic church on Belmont Avenue at Morton Street in Newark, New Jersey.
0.6 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church, Newark
16 min walk • St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church, is located in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1864 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1972.
1.2 miE
Skyscraper
Pavilion and Colonnade Apartments, Newark
32 min walk • The Pavilion and Colonnade Apartments are three highrise apartment buildings in Newark, New Jersey. The Pavilion Apartments are located at 108-136 Martin Luther King Junior Blvd. and the Colonnade Apartments at 25-51 Clifton Avenue in the overlapping neighborhoods known as Seventh Avenue and Lower Broadway.
0.5 miSE
Church
St. Antoninus Church, Newark
12 min walk • St. Antoninus Church is a Roman Catholic parish church located at 337 South Orange Avenue within the Archdiocese of Newark, in Newark, New Jersey.
1.2 miS
Cemetery
Woodland Cemetery, Newark
32 min walk • Woodland Cemetery is a 36.5-acre burial ground located at 670 South 10th Street in the city of Newark, New Jersey. Established in 1855 and active until the 1980s, the cemetery served the city's German immigrant population and their descendants, and later a large number of Greek immigrant and African-American graves.
1.5 miSE
Historical place
Krueger Mansion, Newark
38 min walk • The Krueger-Scott Mansion is located in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The mansion was built on the corner of Court and High Street in 1888 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1972.
0.4 miNW
Cemetery
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Newark
11 min walk • Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is located in East Orange and Newark, New Jersey. The Garden State Parkway runs through the two halves of the cemetery. This cemetery was established in 1859 and is maintained by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.
1.2 miE
Church
New Hope Baptist Church, Newark
31 min walk • New Hope Baptist Church is a church in Newark, New Jersey, located at 106 Sussex Avenue in University Heights.
1.5 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. James' A. M. E. Church, Newark
39 min walk • St. James' A.M.E. Church is a historic church located at High and Court Streets in Newark, New Jersey. Built in 1850 by architect John Welch and dedicated in 1854, it was originally called the High Street Presbyterian Church until 1926, when it was briefly disbanded.

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Which popular attractions are close to Fairmount Cemetery?

Nearby attractions include Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Newark (11 min walk), St. Antoninus Church, Newark (12 min walk), St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church, Newark (16 min walk), George F Smith Library of the Health Sciences, Newark (16 min walk).

How to get to Fairmount Cemetery by public transport?

The nearest stations to Fairmount Cemetery:

Light rail

Orange Street • Lines: Nlr (25 min walk)
Norfolk Street • Lines: Nlr (27 min walk)

Train

East Orange (29 min walk)

Bus

South Clinton Street at Central Avenue • Lines: 94 (32 min walk)