Woodside Cemetery

West Madison and Prospect Avenue

Dumont, NJ 07628

(201) 551-9760

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/100305/woodside-cemetery

https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/221402383

https://newjerseycivilwargravestones.org/cemetery.php?cemID=590

Open: Sunday-Saturday Dawn to Dusk

My review on TripAdvisor:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Profile/R4960NKjustinw/mediabatch/14461975?m=19905

The Woodside Cemetery in Dumont, NJ

The historic Woodside Cemetery in Dumont, NJ. It is the home of many ‘founding families’ of Bergen County, NJ., such as the Demarest’s, Hopper’s, Van Buskirk’s, Haring’s (Hering’s), Van Saun’s, DeBaun’s, Westervelt’s and Zabriskie’s. These are the families that dominated the farming industry in Bergen County before and after the Revolutionary War. It is one of the many historical cemeteries and graveyards in Bergen County, NJ.

My mapping of historical cemeteries and graveyards in Bergen County, NJ:

https://visitingamuseum.com/tag/historic-cemeteries-of-bergen-county

https://mywalkinmanhattan.com/tag/historic-cemeteries-of-bergen-county-nj

My class’s Team Project on the Historical Revolutionary War Cemeteries and Graveyards of Bergen County, NJ:
https://visitingamuseum.com/2026/05/23/day-three-hundred-and-eighty-three-bergecco-parc-consulting-presents-bergen-250-exploring-bergen-countys-revolutionary-war-era-cemeteries-a/

The sign that welcomes you

The inside of the cemetery in the historical section of the cemetery

The historical Woodside cemetery is the resting place of many of the founding families of Bergen County and the surrounding communities of New York State.

Lining the historical Main Street of Downtown Dumont, the older part of the cemetery holds the family plots of some of the original settlers who shaped this country from its beginning.

The Voorhis family plot

The Zabriskie family plot

The Brinkerhoff family plot

The Waite Van Bushkirk family plot

The Van Bushkirk family family plot

The large Demarest family plot

The Hasbrouck family plot (who are town is named after

The Blauvelt family plot

The DeBaum-Westervelt family plot

The Van Saun-Demarest family plot

The Demarest-Haring-Van Vliet-Vorhees family plot

The Demarest-Van Bushkirk family plot

The Brinkerhoff-Doremus-Demarest family plot

The Van Bushkirk-Hopper family plot

The grave of James Blauvelt DeMott

The cemetery is the resting place of many War of 1812, Civil War, the World Wars, Korean and Vietnam and the modern wars.

The cemetery is a place of respect and quiet contemplation. To see the contributions of these members of the community is to reflect on the history of Bergen County. These families and many people buried here have helped shape Bergen County and the State of New Jersey to what it is today.