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Gethsemane Cemetery

Gethsemane Cemetery
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Gethsemane Cemetery is located in Bergen County, New Jersey
Gethsemane Cemetery
Gethsemane Cemetery is located in New Jersey
Gethsemane Cemetery
Gethsemane Cemetery is located in the US
Gethsemane Cemetery
Location 360-370 Liberty Street, Little Ferry, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°51′20″N 74°2′29″W / 40.85556°N 74.04139°W / 40.85556; -74.04139Coordinates: 40°51′20″N 74°2′29″W / 40.85556°N 74.04139°W / 40.85556; -74.04139
Area less than one acre
Built 1860
NRHP Reference # 94000330
NJRHP # 549
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 20, 1994
Designated NJRHP February 24, 1994

The Gethsemane Cemetery, is located in Little Ferry, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States on an acre on a sandy hill just off U.S. Route 46 and Liberty Street. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1994.

Gethsemane (Greek ΓεΘσημανἰ, Gethsēmani Hebrew:גת שמנים, Aramaic:גת שמני, Gath-Šmânê, Assyrian ܓܕܣܡܢ, Gat Šmānê, lit. "oil press") is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, most famous as the place where Jesus and his disciples prayed the night before Jesus' crucifixion.

The cemetery was opened in 1860 as a burial ground for nearby African-American residents. In 1901 the cemetery was turned over to seven African-American trustees and incorporated as Gethsemane Cemetery. Over 500 people were buried in less than an acre of land. The last burial occurred in 1924. Bergen County took over the maintain of the cemetery in 1985 and dedicated it as a County Historic Site. Fewer than 50 gravestones remain intact.



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