Lamington Black Cemetery

Lamington Black Cemetery
	Entrance gate, in 2018
Details
Location	Cowperthwaite Road, Lamington, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°39′28″N 74°42′32″W / 40.65778°N 74.70889°WCoordinates: 40°39′28″N 74°42′32″W / 40.65778°N 74.70889°W
Find a Grave	Lamington Black Cemetery
	Lamington Black Cemetery
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
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Part of	Lamington Historic District (ID84002802)
Designated CP	June 21, 1984

The Lamington Black Cemetery is an African American cemetery in the Lamington section of Bedminster Township, New Jersey, located on Cowperthwaite Road. It is also known as the Cowperthwaite African American Cemetery.^[1] The cemetery is a contributing property of the Lamington Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1984.^[2]

Gallery[]

Plaque at the entrance
Graves in the cemetery
William H. Van Horn, Private, Company H, 43rd Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops

References[]

^ Sarapin, Janice Kohl (2002). Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-2111-4.
^ Ashton, Charles H. (June 21, 1984). "NRHP Nomination: Lamington Historic District". National Park Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help) "Accompanying 28 photos, from 1984". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[1] Sarapin, Janice Kohl (2002). Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-2111-4.

[nrhpnom-2] Ashton, Charles H. (June 21, 1984). "NRHP Nomination: Lamington Historic District". National Park Service. Cite journal requires |journal= (help) "Accompanying 28 photos, from 1984". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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