| Newark City Cemetery | |
| Established: | 1869 |
| Country: | United States |
| Location: | Bessemer St. Newark, New Jersey |
| Coordinates: | 40.7°N -74.1903°W |
| Type: | public |
| Size: | 5.2acres |
| Findagraveid: | 730315 |
Newark City Cemetery, also known as Newark Municipal Graveyard and Floral Rest, in Newark, New Jersey is a no-longer-used potter's field, or cemetery for the indigent. It was in use from 1869 until the early 1950s.[1]
An 1889 report of the Department of Health of the State of New Jersey found with respect to the no-longer extant Clinton Township, which once included the area: "There are two cemeteries, or burial-places, in the township – Clinton cemetery, in the village and upon the banks of Elizabeth River, and Newark potter's field, down in the salt meadow section".[2] Located in the Dayton neighborhood on Bessemer St. near Newark Airport and is prominently visible from the monorail serving it.[3]
The city began using the cemetery as a dump in 1954, until it was ordered to restore it in 1998.[4] [5] [6]
The area has been restored, but as of 2010 it is closed to the public.