Lamington Cemetery, Bedminster
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Lamington Cemetery is an African American
cemetery
in the Lamington
section of Bedminster Township
, New Jersey
, located on Cowperthwaite Road. It is sometimes called Lamington Black Cemetery or Cowperthwaite African American Cemetery. The cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places
.
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
cemetery
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
in the Lamington
Lamington, New Jersey
Lamington is an unincorporated area within Bedminster Township, New Jersey. It contains the Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery and the Lamington Black Cemetery.-The name:...
section of Bedminster Township
Bedminster Township, New Jersey
Bedminster Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 8,165....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, located on Cowperthwaite Road. It is sometimes called Lamington Black Cemetery or Cowperthwaite African American Cemetery. The cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
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