A visit to the Mount Pleasant 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 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (FG ID #100123).
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed 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 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery:
40.7640, -74.1638
The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Essex County<2>.
The county seat for Essex County is located in Newark. Newark lies just to the south southwest of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Establishment of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery ...
The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery was established in 1844.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Arlington Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- North Arlington Jewish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Arlington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Peter's RC Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glendale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vincent Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Vincent Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Cemetery
- Clinton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Name Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The New Zion Cemetery is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Zion Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Kearny
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Harrison
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Newark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- North Arlington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belleville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elm Park Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Elm Park Village is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park Village
- East Orange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lyndhurst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyndhurst is located in Bergen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndhurst
- Nutley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Orange
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Irvington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Montclair
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Delawanna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Orange
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brookdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Orange
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hillside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Montclair
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bergen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bergen is located in Hudson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bergen
- Secaucus
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maplewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montclair Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Clifton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Communipaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Passaic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Verona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Verona is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
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 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Essex County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belleville
- Clifton
- East Orange
- Hillside
- Irvington
- Maplewood
- Montclair
- Newark
- Nutley
- Orange
- Passaic
- Secaucus
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New Jersey:
- Pages specific to Essex County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
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 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100123
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #878578 (Mount Pleasant Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #878578 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Essex
- Est. Elev: 19 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Orange
- Location given for Mount Pleasant Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.7642676 Lon: -74.1637554
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Essex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |