Category: Historic Cemeteries and Graveyards in Bergen County, NJ

Woodside Cemetery West Madison and Prospect Avenue Dumont, NJ 07628

Woodside Cemetery West Madison and Prospect Avenue Dumont, NJ 07628

Woodside Cemetery

West Madison and Prospect Avenue

Dumont, NJ 07628

(201) 551-9760

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/100305/woodside-cemetery

https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/221402383

https://newjerseycivilwargravestones.org/cemetery.php?cemID=590

Open: Sunday-Saturday Dawn to Dusk

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Profile/R4960NKjustinw/mediabatch/14461975?m=19905

The Woodside Cemetery in Dumont, NJ

The historic Woodside Cemetery in Dumont, NJ. It is the home of many ‘founding families’ of Bergen County, NJ., such as the Demarest’s, Hopper’s, Van Buskirk’s, Haring’s (Hering’s), Van Saun’s, DeBaun’s, Westervelt’s and Zabriskie’s. These are the families that dominated the farming industry in Bergen County before and after the Revolutionary War. It is one of the many historical cemeteries and graveyards in Bergen County, NJ.

My mapping of historical cemeteries and graveyards in Bergen County, NJ:

https://visitingamuseum.com/tag/historic-cemeteries-of-bergen-county

https://mywalkinmanhattan.com/tag/historic-cemeteries-of-bergen-county-nj

My class’s Team Project on the Historical Revolutionary War Cemeteries and Graveyards of Bergen County, NJ:
https://visitingamuseum.com/2026/05/23/day-three-hundred-and-eighty-three-bergecco-parc-consulting-presents-bergen-250-exploring-bergen-countys-revolutionary-war-era-cemeteries-a/

The sign that welcomes you

The inside of the cemetery in the historical section of the cemetery

The historical Woodside cemetery is the resting place of many of the founding families of Bergen County and the surrounding communities of New York State.

Lining the historical Main Street of Downtown Dumont, the older part of the cemetery holds the family plots of some of the original settlers who shaped this country from its beginning.

The Voorhis family plot

The Zabriskie family plot

The Brinkerhoff family plot

The Waite Van Bushkirk family plot

The Van Bushkirk family family plot

The large Demarest family plot

The Hasbrouck family plot (the family who Hasbrouck Heights is named for)

The Blauvelt family plot

The DeBaum-Westervelt family plot

The Van Saun-Demarest family plot

The Demarest-Haring-Van Vliet-Vorhees family plot

The Demarest-Van Bushkirk family plot

The Brinkerhoff-Doremus-Demarest family plot

The Van Bushkirk-Hopper family plot

The grave of James Blauvelt DeMott

The cemetery is the resting place of many War of 1812, Civil War, the World Wars, Korean and Vietnam and the modern wars.

The cemetery is a place of respect and quiet contemplation. To see the contributions of these members of the community is to reflect on the history of Bergen County. These families and many people buried here have helped shape Bergen County and the State of New Jersey to what it is today.

Westwood Cemetery 23 Kinderkamack Road Westwood, NJ 07675

Westwood Cemetery 23 Kinderkamack Road Westwood, NJ 07675

Westwood Cemetery

23 Kinderkamack Road

Westwood, NJ 07675

(201) 664-7161

https://westwoodcemetery.org

Open: 24 Hours

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Profile/R4960NKjustinw/mediabatch/14364553?m=19905

The Westwood Cemetery

The History of the Cemetery:

(From the Cemetery website)

Westwood Cemetery was established in 1861 as the Old Hook Cemetery. The earliest burial was in 1791. Westwood Cemetery is a non-sectarian cemetery and continues to offer final resting places that suit individual needs. Whether you are planning for the future or purchasing for an immediate need, we have a variety of options available within the 35 acre park.

The newest part of the Westwood Cemetery where the family burials start around 1840 to Present sits on the Kinderkamack Road side of the cemetery

The back of the cemetery sits on a buff overlooking the pond that is parallel to Old Hook Road

My International Marketing class at Bergen Community College recently did a complete study and marketing plan for the “Bergen250” on the Revolutionary War veterans buried at graveyards and cemeteries all over Bergen County, NJ:

The project:

Day Three Hundred and Eighty: Three Bergecco-Parc Consulting presents “Bergen 250: Exploring Bergen County’s Revolutionary War Era Cemeteries and Graveyards” April 29th, 2026

For a Mapping of all the historic graveyards and cemeteries, I had the students visit all the sites that the Daughters of the American Revolution had researched and I had the students find all the locations, photo the tombstones and create a bio on each of the veterans. I enclosed a copy of their work above.

My blog on the historic graveyards and cemeteries of Bergen County:

https://visitingamuseum.com/tag/historic-cemeteries-of-bergen-county

The original family members were buried in this section of the cemetery while their grandchildren and great grandchildren are interned in the front section.

The oldest section of the cemetery which sits next to Old Hook Road is the Hopper Family plot which dates back to before the Revolutionary War

The Blauvelt Family plot sits next to the Hopper Family plot

The oldest section of the cemetery by Old Post Road home to family members of the Post, Blauvelt, Voorhis and Hopper members

The Demarest family plot overlooking the pond from the buff

The Blauvelt and Bogart family plot

The DeBaun family plot by Old Hook Road

One of the original Demarest family plots

The Haring family plot overlooking the pond

The Ackerman family plot

The Eckerson family plot with members of the Hopper and Demarest families

This section of the cemetery contains the oldest tombstones in the cemetery so many have broken or crumbled away. The lawn in this section of the cemetery is also not as well maintained so there are overgrown bushes and trees hiding the tombstones so you really have to look.

Then I worked my way back to the front of the cemetery finding the graves of these people’s children and grandchildren by following the names and dates of these people’s family members.

One branch of the Demarest family is front and center in the front of the cemetery

Next to them are the DeBaun and Vanderbeck families

Another branch of the Demarest family is a few rows behind

The Kipp family have a rather large family plot

The Hopper & Banta families share this large twin family plot

The Bogart family has this large family plot

The Westervelt family is near them with many of their members of the family

The Demarest family had two large family plots in the middle of the cemetery

The family plot of the Demarests and the Harings

The Demarest and Van Bushkirk family plot

The large Blauvelt family plot

The DeWolfe family plot

The Voorhis family plot

The Terhune Bogart family plot

What I found fascinating about this cemetery was to see the progression of each of these families from parent to child to grandchild just by walking through it. The families branch out in all sections intermarrying with similar families and the buried next to them. From back to front here they rest.

Maple Grove Park Cemetery 535 Hudson Street Hackensack, NJ 07601

Maple Grove Park Cemetery 535 Hudson Street Hackensack, NJ 07601

Maple Grove Park Cemetery

535 Hudson Street

Hackensack, NJ 07601

(201) 440-1607

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_Grove_Park_Cemetery_(Hackensack,_New_Jersey)

https://everloved.com/cemeteries/NJ/hackensack/maple-grove-park-cemetery-hackensack-nj-07601

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1593999/maple-grove-park-cemetery

Open: Sunday 8:00-6:00pm/Monday-Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Profile/R4960NKjustinw/mediabatch/14358447?m=19905

The front sign on the cemetery

The History of the Maple Grove Park Cemetery:

(From Wiki/Facebook)

Maple Grove Park Cemetery in Hackensack, New Jersey, is a historic burial ground originally established around 1850 by the Dutch Reformed Churches of New York City. Formerly known as the New York Cemetery, it is a significant local repository for both 19th-century history and rescued historical remains.

Originally founded to serve members of the True Reformed Dutch Church, the cemetery was previously referred to as the New York Cemetery on Plank Road. As older churches and their surrounding burial grounds in northern New Jersey were decommissioned, their headstones and remains were frequently relocated to Maple Grove

The historic front section of the cemetery in the front of the cemetery

My International Marketing class at Bergen Community College recently did a complete study and marketing plan for the “Bergen250” on the Revolutionary War veterans buried at graveyards and cemeteries all over Bergen County, NJ:

The project:

Day Three Hundred and Eighty: Three Bergecco-Parc Consulting presents “Bergen 250: Exploring Bergen County’s Revolutionary War Era Cemeteries and Graveyards” April 29th, 2026

For a Mapping of all the historic graveyards and cemeteries, I had the students visit all the sites that the Daughters of the American Revolution had researched and I had the students find all the locations, photo the tombstones and create a bio on each of the veterans. I enclosed a copy of their work above.

My blog on the historic graveyards and cemeteries of Bergen County:

https://visitingamuseum.com/tag/historic-cemeteries-of-bergen-county

I visited the Maple Grove Park Cemetery one afternoon in search of a Revolutionary War Veteran, Albert Voorhis. I did not find his particular tombstone but I did find his family plot and many of the ‘first families’ of Bergen County. These include families such as the Demarest’s, Haring’s, Voorhis, Ackerman’s, Christie’s, Hopper’s, Van Saun’s and Blauvelt’s.

The Demarest family plot

The front part of the cemetery is nicely landscaped with interesting family plots dotted all over the this part of the cemetery. These were the families that shaped this history of the County and other branches of their extended family are either buried in historic Reformed Church graveyards or are in small cemeteries that were part of the family farm that now sit in subdivisions of McMansions, neglected and forgotten.

The Demarest family plot

I found it interesting to note how big many of these families were and how all of these ‘first families’ married into one another, probably because of family stature or maybe to extend the length of the family farm. These interconnections shaped and developed how Bergen County developed over a three hundred year period.

The Demarest/Hopper family plot

The Westervelt Family plot

The extended Voorhis family plot

The Zabriskie family plot

The extended Terhune family plot

The DeBaun family

The Brinkerhoff family plot

The Van Winkle family plot

The Ackerman family plot

The Blawvelt (Blauvelt) family plot

The Van Saun family plot

Another Terhune family plot

The Vreeland family plot

The Quackenbush family plot

The Hopper family plot

The Hopper-DeWolfe family plot

The extended Christie family plot

The extended Lydecker family plot

The Van Valen family

Another branch of the extended Demarest family

This cemetery is an interesting look at the early history of not just Bergen County or New Jersey but of the United States. These extended families contributed so much not just in military activity but in business, religion and education that helped build this country.

This unique cemetery is more than just a place of rest but a place of history and of respect. These were the extended families who contributed so much to the progress of our country and how it was directed into the future.

Alpine Cemetery 18 Monument Lane Alpine, NJ 07620

Alpine Cemetery 18 Monument Lane Alpine, NJ 07620

Alpine Cemetery

18 Monument Lane

Alpine, NJ 07620

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1617373/alpine-cemetery

https://www.mapquest.com/us/new-jersey/alpine-cemetery-782636893

The historic sign of the cemetery

I visited the Alpine Cemetery, which is a historical active cemetery just off Closter Dock Road. This is the resting place of Revolutionary War Veteran, William Wilson and many other veterans from the Civil, Spanish American, World War I and II as well as from Vietnam, Korea and Desert Storm. All the graves were marked with American flags as we just finished Memorial Day weekend.

The family plots that separate the site

My International Marketing class at Bergen Community College recently did a complete study and marketing plan for the “Bergen250” on the Revolutionary War veterans buried at graveyards and cemeteries all over Bergen County, NJ:

The project:

Day Three Hundred and Eighty: Three Bergecco-Parc Consulting presents “Bergen 250: Exploring Bergen County’s Revolutionary War Era Cemeteries and Graveyards” April 29th, 2026

For a Mapping of all the historic graveyards and cemeteries, I had the students visit all the sites that the Daughters of the American Revolution had researched and I had the students find all the locations, photo the tombstones and create a bio on each of the veterans. I enclosed a copy of their work above.

My blog on the historic graveyards and cemeteries of Bergen County:

https://visitingamuseum.com/tag/historic-cemeteries-of-bergen-county

There are many family plots of “First Family’s” of Bergen County like the Westervelt’s, the Haring’s and the Campell’s. The family plots are separated by small fences and some are marked by the family names.

The cemetery on the hill in Alpine, NJ

The separate family burial plots

The Campbell Family burial plot

The Campbell family plots

The Van Sciver family plots

The Anthony Family plots

The Anthony family plot

The Haring Family plot

The Haring family obelisk

The Westervelt family plot

The Jordan/Wilson family plot

I looked at the Wilson family plot for the Revolutionary War veteran but the burial spot is probably has been lost to time. William Wilson may be lost to history but I know he was buried here.

The front part of the cemetery

The Veteran’s Memorial Rock with the names of World War I and II, Vietnam and Korea veterans

The Van Valen family plots

The Pearsall family plots

The Older family plots

The burial grounds from the front

There is a quiet elegance to these historic cemeteries. Who were these people? What did they do? Do people remember them? They are very interesting places to visit.

The history of the cemetery:

(From the historic sign)

The cemetery was founded in 1822 by resident William Gecox along Closter Dock Road when he bought 23 and a half acres as a burial ground for neighbors and for laborers who worked in the area. Mr. Gecox sold these plots on what had already been a burial ground.

The people buried in the cemetery were farmers, laborers, and tradesmen and their family. By 1870, the village “in the Closter Mountain” had take the name “Alpine” in the 1890’s. When William and his wife, Susan Helms pass in the 1890’s, their children sold the remaining plots. The cemetery has continued to be used into the twenty-first century.