Riverside Cemetery (Saddle Brook, New Jersey) Explained

Riverside Cemetery
Established:1906
Location:Saddle Brook, New Jersey
Coordinates:40.893°N -74.0817°W[1]
Type:Private
Owner:Lakewood Cemetery Association
Graves:>65,000
Findagraveid:100185
Politicalgeo:NJ/BE-buried.html#cms06885

Riverside Cemetery is a plot-holder owned Jewish cemetery with over 65,000 burials located in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, located west of the George Washington Bridge. The cemetery maintains over 25,000 individual plantings on graves throughout the property.

Prior to becoming a cemetery, the land was the property of Richard Romaine. Bergen County Historical Society maps indicate a main house of early Italianate design (current office), a grist mill and a saw mill on the property (the mills were removed prior to establishment of the cemetery).

Notable burials

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{Gnis3|879718}} Riverside Cemetery ]. . . 2009-08-26 .
  2. Book:
    1. 974
    . 3rd. Scott. Wilson. Gregory W. (forward). Mank. 2016. McFarland & Co.. 978-0786479924. 948561021.