Orchard Street Cemetery in Dover, New Jersey

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Coordinates: 40.88140, -74.56190
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The Orchard Street Cemetery was founded in 1851 and incorporated in 1854. It is the oldest cemetery in Dover and contains the remains from the earlier Morris Street Burying Yard as well as remains from the defunct Grant Street Cemetery of the Swedish Methodist Church. There are 5 War of 1812 veterans, 54 Civil War Veterans, Spanish American War veterans, the namesakes of the American Legions in both Dover and Wharton as well as many other veterans of World Wars I and II and Vietnam. Many of the early town fathers of Dover, Randolph, Port Oram (Wharton), Rockaway, and Mine Hill are interred here as well as many important people involved in the Morris Canal.