The gardens in bloom in the Spring of 2025

The flowers on the beds in full bloom

The pathways around the gift shop and Education Center.

The statuary around the gardens

The flowers around the old stables area
The gardens in bloom in the Spring of 2025

The flowers on the beds in full bloom

The pathways around the gift shop and Education Center.

The statuary around the gardens

The flowers around the old stables area
My review on TripAdvisor:

The historic sign of the Voorhis Burying Ground

The inside of the Voorhis Burial Ground
What is sad about these small family cemeteries is that I am sure that the families never thought to the future when the land would be sold off and the family would move on. The Voorhis and Demarest names still dot the landscape of Bergen County but these tiny plots are lost to the current generations.

The gravesite of Lucas Van Voorhis

The grave of Mary Demarest, who was the wife of James
My review on TripAdvisor:
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Profile/R4960NKjustinw/mediabatch/13615617?m=19905

The Dewolf-Haring family cemetery sits on a homeowners front yard
The Dewolf-Haring Cemetery is one of the most unusual of the small cemeteries in Bergen County that I have seen. It sits right in front of someone’s front yard.
The cemetery probably at one time sat at the very edge of the farmland which is now a golf club and a neighborhood of McMansions. It shows the progress of the area as the farmland was sold off.

The gravesite of John Haring

The DeWolf-Haring family; grandparents and grandson
The oldest part of the cemetery sits on the highest bluff overlooking the woods and the street. The Eckerson family burial plot is located here with graves dating back to before Revolutionary War.

The Old Tappan Cemetery sits on a hill in the woods

The oldest part of the cemetery sits on the very top of the hill overlooking the neighborhood

The site houses the graves of the Eckerson and Haring families

The Eckerson family graves

The entrance to the Haring Family Cemetery

The cemetery is in a quiet corner between two house in what was once the Haring Farm
The family that is buried here:
(From the Dutch Door Genealogy website)
When some of this property, which originally had belonged to Abraham Jans Haring according to the Zabriskie genealogy, was sold in 1785, ownerhip of the burial plot was retained, and is described as being one square chain, which is 66 feet on each side.
HARING FAMILY BURIAL PLOT AT NORWOOD, BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.
ON THE PROPERTY NOW KNOWN AS THE ALLISON FARM.
10718 Abraham J. Haring d.1.1.1801 b.9.30.1720 a.80.3.1 (Tap. #358)
Broken stone
10719 David P. Haring d.9.15.1853 a.78.3.18 (Tap.#2418)
10720 Lydia Zabriskie w. of (Sch.p.186)
David P. Haring d.12.30.1869 a.89.4.13
10721 Peter D. Haring d.4.2.1864 a.56.7.22 (Tap.#3727)
10722 Betsey Bogert w.
Peter D. Haring d.12.31.1890 a.79.4.6
10723 Ruth Haring d.3.3.1876 a.0.2.14
10724 Bessie Haring d.10.2.1877 a.0.7.24

Betsey Bogart Haring and Peter Haring
The front of the Denville Museum at Diamond Spring Road

The front sign for the Denville Museum

The beautiful stained glass sign outside

The front sign of the museum

The front gallery of the museum

The back part of the front gallery of the museum
The Denville Museum is an interesting and beautifully organized museum in Downtown Denville, NJ that tells the history of Denville and the surrounding communities. The collection starts with a collection of Native American artifacts and Revolutionary era household objects.

The early foundation of the Denville community is displayed in the front case

The historical marker that leads you to had path to the cemetery
History of the Cemetery:
(From the Historic Marker sign)
The historic cemetery directly in the rear of the Behnke farm contains the graves of descendants of early settlers in this area including a least two local farmer-militiamen of the American Revolution, Jacobus Brouwer and Henry Banta, as well as the grave of Cornelius Demarest, who served in the 22nd regiment of the Union Army during the Civil War (From Paramus Rotary sign).

The only way into this tiny cemetery is through z path located on Viola Road

The historic little cemetery is rich in history of the first families of Bergen County including Revolutionary War and Civil War veterans

The cemetery is the resting place of members of the Banta, Bogert, Terhune, Van Saun, Demarest, Kipp and Voorhis families

The Van Saun family graves

The Bogart family graves
Video of the Cemetery tour:
My tour of the Old Spring Valley Burial Ground on June 3rd, 2025

The Historic Marker

The French Burying Ground Cemetery

The Demarest family plot

The Demarest family plot of John and Sarah Demarest
The video of the tour of the cemetery and the Revolutionary War veterans buried there: