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A visit to the Machpelah Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Machpelah Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Machpelah Cemetery (FG ID #100075)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Machpelah Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Machpelah Cemetery has been estimated.<2>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Machpelah Cemetery

Lat:   40.7923°   (40° 47' 32")

Lon:   -74.0261°   (-74° 1' 33")

The Machpelah Cemetery is located in Hudson County<3>.

The county seat for Hudson County is located in Jersey City. Jersey City lies just to the south of the Machpelah Cemetery .

Name Variations for Machpelah Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

We have seen the following variation for Machpelah Cemetery:

  • Macphelah Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> of the Machpelah Cemetery.<5>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Machpelah Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 34 communities are within Less than 2 miles<4> of the Machpelah Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Machpelah Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • West New York
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West New York have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New York
    • West New York is located in Hudson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people
  • Weehawken
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weehawken have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weehawken
    • Weehawken is located in Hudson County
  • Union City
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Guttenberg
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • North Bergen
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Secaucus
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Hell's Kitchen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Hoboken
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Manhattan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Seneca Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seneca Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village
    • Seneca Village is located in New York County (NY)
  • Park West Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park West Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village
    • Park West Village is located in New York County (NY)
  • Morningside Heights
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...
    • Greenwich Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • University Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
      • University Village is located in New York County (NY)
    • Washington Square Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Square Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Square Village
      • Washington Square Village is located in New York County (NY)
    • East Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
      • East Village is located in New York County (NY)
    • Stuyvesant Town
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuyvesant Town have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuyvesant Town
      • Stuyvesant Town is located in New York County (NY)
    • Peter Cooper Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peter Cooper Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Cooper Village
      • Peter Cooper Village is located in New York County (NY)
    • Yorkville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Harlem
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Delano Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delano Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village
      • Delano Village is located in New York County (NY)
    • Ridgefield Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridgefield Park have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield Park
      • Ridgefield Park is located in Bergen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,837 people
    • Communipaw
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jersey City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Battery Park City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Battery Park City have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battery Park City
      • Battery Park City is located in New York County (NY)
    • Knickerbocker Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knickerbocker Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knickerbocker Village
      • Knickerbocker Village is located in New York County (NY)
    • New York
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Long Island City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Astoria
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Concourse Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Concourse Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village
      • Concourse Village is located in Bronx County (NY)
    • Washington Heights
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Lee
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Linwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linwood have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
      • Linwood is located in Bergen County
    • Lyndhurst
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyndhurst have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndhurst
      • Lyndhurst is located in Bergen County

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Machpelah Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hudson County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Machpelah Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Machpelah Cemetery:

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Machpelah Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #878014  (Macphelah Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #878014 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Weehawken
    • County: Hudson         Elev: 16
    • Location given for GNIS #878014 (Macphelah Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #100075

The official website for Hudson County: www.hudsoncountynj.org/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Hudson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Machpelah Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7923, Longitude: -74.0261       In this case, the coordinates for the Machpelah Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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