A visit to the Prospect Hill 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 Prospect Hill Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Prospect Hill Cemetery (FG ID #100175).
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 Prospect Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prospect Hill Cemetery:
40.8410, -74.2857
The Prospect Hill Cemetery is located in Essex County<2>.
The county seat for Essex County is located in Newark. Newark lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Prospect Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Establishment of the Prospect Hill Cemetery ...
The Prospect Hill Cemetery was established in 1866.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Prospect Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Prospect Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Clinton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Clinton Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Cemetery
- Pine Brook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ely Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ely Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely Cemetery
- Pine Brook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Restland Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Hebron Cemetery is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hebron Cemetery
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Hanover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hanover Cemetery is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Cemetery
- St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Laurel Grove Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- A.M. White Lodge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Whitehall Methodist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vail Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Glendale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Nebo Cemetery is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Nebo Cemetery
- Holy Sepulchre RC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Prospect Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Prospect Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Caldwell
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Caldwell
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Borough of Essex Fells
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Borough of Essex Fells is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Essex Fells
- Estimated population in 2015: 2,159 people
- Verona
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Verona is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Hanover Neck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Livingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fairfield is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- West Orange
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Meadow Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow Village is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Village
- Singac
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Hanover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Montclair
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Upper Montclair
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Montclair Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Little Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orange
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Park Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Park Village is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Park Village
- Bloomfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Village at Little Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Borough of Woodland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Borough of Woodland Park is located in Passaic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Woodland Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,655 people
- Troy Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Orange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Orange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nutley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clifton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Preakness
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Prospect Hill 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 Prospect Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Caldwell
- Clifton
- East Hanover
- East Orange
- Little Falls
- Livingston
- Montclair
- Nutley
- Orange
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 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 Prospect Hill 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 Prospect Hill Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #100175
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #879502 (Prospect Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #879502 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: 115 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Caldwell
- Location given for Prospect Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.8406552 Lon: -74.2854259
- 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Prospect Hill 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. |