History
Woodland Cemetery was founded in 1855 as the West Newark Cemetery. The cemetery was known as the German Cemetery in its early history since most of the burials were of ethnic Germans. In fact, many of the early monuments in the cemetery are carved in the German language. Covering approximately 36.5 acres and over 80,000 burials, Woodland is still active today offering affordable graves and ash plots.
Specialties
As cemetery managers our collective effort is the restoration of Woodland Cemetery, the protection of those already buried here, maintaining visitation, assisting in related genealogical research and the continued welcoming of future interments along with the comforting of their grieving families.