Alpine Cemetery

18 Monument Lane

Alpine, NJ 07620

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1617373/alpine-cemetery

https://www.mapquest.com/us/new-jersey/alpine-cemetery-782636893

The historic sign of the cemetery

I visited the Alpine Cemetery, which is a historical active cemetery just off Closter Dock Road. This is the resting place of Revolutionary War Veteran, William Wilson and many other veterans from the Civil, Spanish American, World War I and II as well as from Vietnam, Korea and Desert Storm. All the graves were marked with American flags as we just finished Memorial Day weekend.

The family plots that separate the site

There are many family plots of “First Family’s” of Bergen County like the Westervelt’s, the Haring’s and the Campell’s. The family plots are separated by small fences and some are marked by the family names.

The cemetery on the hill in Alpine, NJ

The separate family burial plots

The Campbell Family burial plot

The Campbell family plots

The Van Sciver family plots

The Anthony Family plots

The Anthony family plot

The Haring Family plot

The Haring family obelisk

The Westervelt family plot

The Jordan/Wilson family plot

I looked at the Wilson family plot for the Revolutionary War veteran but the burial spot is probably has been lost to time. William Wilson may be lost to history but I know he was buried here.

The front part of the cemetery

The Veteran’s Memorial Rock with the names of World War I and II, Vietnam and Korea veterans

The Van Valen family plots

The Pearsall family plots

The Older family plots

The burial grounds from the front

There is a quiet elegance to these historic cemeteries. Who were these people? What did they do? Do people remember them? They are very interesting places to visit.

The history of the cemetery:

(From the historic sign)

The cemetery was founded in 1822 by resident William Gecox along Closter Dock Road when he bought 23 and a half acres as a burial ground for neighbors and for laborers who worked in the area. Mr. Gecox sold these plots on what had already been a burial ground.

The people buried in the cemetery were farmers, laborers, and tradesmen and their family. By 1870, the village “in the Closter Mountain” had take the name “Alpine” in the 1890’s. When William and his wife, Susan Helms pass in the 1890’s, their children sold the remaining plots. The cemetery has continued to be used into the twenty-first century.