Mount Olivet Cemetery (Newark)

Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery in the Dayton section of Newark in the U.S. state of New Jersey founded in 1871.[1] It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

Mount Olivet Cemetery
Details
Location
Mount Olivet Ave, Newark, New Jersey
CountryUnited States
Coordinates40.690°N 74.197°W / 40.690; -74.197
No. of graves17,000+
WebsiteOfficial website
Find a GraveMount Olivet Cemetery

Mount Olivet, or Mount of Olives, (Hebrew: הַר הַזֵּיתִים, Har ha-Zeitim; Arabic: جبل الزيتون, الطور, Jabal al-Zaytun, Al-Tur) is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to Jerusalem's Old City.[2]

The Newark City Cemetery is located nearby.

Notable burials

References

  1. "Newark Cemeteries". newarkcemeteries.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. Har-El, Menashe (1977). This is Jerusalem. Jerusalem: Canaan Publishing House. p. 117.
  3. John Thomas Dunn, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 23, 2007.
  4. Charles P. Gillen, The Political Graveyard. Accessed August 23, 2007.
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