Emmanuel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery

Friends of the Emmanuel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery

EMEC is an abandoned cemetery. There are no owners. It is cleared by a small group of volunteers.

Due to the current status of the cemetery, the volunteers request that you please abide by the following rules when you visit the cemetery

Visiting hours daily from dawn to dusk.
No vehicles, pets, or unauthorized gatherings (cars should be parked at the curb and visitors should walk in through the front gates).
No flowers, plantings, or adornments due to current high cost of removal/disposal and lack of regular maintenance funds.
Holiday flowers or blankets permitted December only and must be removed by January 1st
Few funerals take place here. On the day of a funeral, three flower arrangements may remain at grave side but must be removed by the family within one week.
ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Location:

161 S. Broad Street, Penns Grove, Salem Co., NJ, USA

in the part of Upper Penns Neck Township originally known to the town founders as "Helm's Cove". The town of Penns Grove is located in the northwest part of Salem County and is situated on the Delaware River.

For information, contact the email link at the bottom of this page

DIRECTIONS

From 295 N or S:

Exit 4 Penns Grove/ Woodstown, take 48 E (to Penns Grove, becomes Main St) to 3rd red light. Turn left onto Broad Street. Find the cemetery about 3 1/2 blocks on left (past Willis Street) across from Methodist Church.

From Rt. 130 S:

Follow 130 S (becomes N. Virginia Ave), just past old DOD defense depot in Pedricktown take the right fork onto N. Broad Street, follow to the first light (center of Penns Grove at Main St.), go through light, find cemetery 3 1/2 blocks on left (past Willis Street) across from Methodist Church.

From Rt 130 N:

Take 130 N (Shell Rd) into Carney's Pt. to YMCA (on left) & Middle School (on opposite corner). Make the left turn in front of the Middle School onto E. Maple Ave, follow it 2 blocks to Broad St., make right onto Broad Street. Cemetery is 1 1/2 blocks on right across from Methodist Church.

PARKING

Park on Broad Street across from church and enter on foot through front gate. Cars are not currently permitted in the cemetery due to the narrow one-way drive and prior damage to stones. There is no back exit.

This page and the work of the volunteers is on ongoing work of in progress. Please contact us for/ with information or to make a contribution or to donate time to the clean up/ restoration effort. All contributions are used to restore toppled stones, mow, and clear trees/shrubs.

This is an abandoned cemetery. There is no cemetery office or information center. If you are interested in helping to clear or mow the grounds, remember to enter the grounds at your own risk and with your own tools. There are unfilled sink holes and toppled stones in the tall grass. Your help in any capacity will greatly be appreciated by the handful of people who are occasionally able to work on the grounds.

We are trying to restore the records of the cemetery to share with others for genealogical purposes and to add to the collection of the Penns Grove-Carney's Pt- Pedricktown Historical Society. We are asking that any family or relatives forward to us (by email) copies of burial records, plot deeds or name of current deed holder, or death certificate (or any family history) that may assist us in our efforts to restore and complete the records for the cemetery.

We will continue to maintain this webpage. Please email your inquiries to us and we will try to respond as quickly as possible.

We will continue to look for funds or volunteers to do repairs such as remove fallen trees and upright the toppled stones. Thank you to those who have donated time and money for this restoration to date. Your continued support and help will help us to maintain the cemetery. Hopefully we will find grant funds that will help to restore this historic cemetery to it's earlier peaceful splendor to honor those who rest within it's gates.

Thank you for visiting.