Clinton Cemetery Association
195 Union Avenue, Irvington, New Jersey
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The Grounds

    In the 19th century hay was harvested on the cemetery grounds and goats were employed to keep the grass in trim.  More sophisticated methods are used today to maintain the beauty of the grounds.   In one recent year, for example, 25 ornamental and evergreen shrubs and five shade or flowering trees were planted. Hundreds of pounds of high-quality grass seed and top soil were spread during the spring and fall.  Such efforts, costly as they are, represent only the most visible part of the Association's on-going program of maintenance and improvement.
     Visitors often describe Clinton as "the cemetery with character." In contrast to the sprawling lawns of many modern cemeteries, Clinton, although located in the midst of a densely-populated urban city, is much like a quiet park in the country.   In the spring, flowers abound.  Birds and squirrels return from their long winter banishment to make their homes here again.  Hundreds of azaleas--white, pink,  red and purple--put on a breathtaking display.  Japanese cherries and native dogwood add their wlcome color.  During the summer months, the majestic trees, many of them planted over a hundred years ago, shade the visitor from the sun's hot rays.   In the fall, oaks, maples, dogwood, black cherry, sweet gum and sassafras provide the red hues of autumn.  Yellow is added by the tulip, sycamore and ash.  Touches of rust, tan and deep red are a gift of the elms, lindens and  oaks.  Hydrangea P. G., white in summer, turn a golden brown in the fall, holding their dried blooms well into the winter.  Photographers visit the cemetery to record the scenic delights.  Lovers of nature, whether lot owners or not, are always welcome. Clinton's park-like character is due in large measure to its trees.  With over 60 different varieties, many of them rarely seen in the metropolitan area, Clinton is a veritable arboretum.  Identified varieties include:
American Beech
American Holly
American Hophornbeam
American Linden
Amur Corktree
Arborvitae
​Bald Cypress
Black Cherry
Black Locust
Blue Atlas Cedar
Bur Oak
Canada Hemlock
Chestnut Oak
Corky-Bark Oak
Crimson King Maple
Cucumber Tree
Dawn Redwood
Dogwood (White, Pink, Red)
Drake Elm
English Oak
Fastigiate Hornbeam
Gingko
Golden Cypress
Green Ash
“Green Mountain” Sugar Maple
Greenspire Linden
Hicks Yew
Hinoki Cypress
Horsechestnut
Japanese Cherry
Japanese Red Maple
Jefferson Elm
Katsura Tree
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Kwanzan Cherry
Larch
Littleleaf Linden
Magnolia “Elizabeth” 

Magnolia
Marshall's Seedless Ash
Northern Catalpa
Northern Red Oak
Norway Maple
Osage Orange
Patmore Ash
Pin Oak
Princeton Elm
Red Cedar
Rivers Purple Beech
Ruby Horsechestnut
Sargeant Cherry
Sassafras
Sawtooth Oak
Scarlet Oak
Schwedler Maple
Shademaster Honey Locust
Shantung Maple
Shumard Oak
Silver Linden
Silver Maple
Sweet Gum
Sweet Gum Rotundiloba
Sweet Gum Variegata
Sycamore
Tamarack
Thuja "Green Giant"
Tree of Heaven
Tricolor Beech
Tulip Tree
Village Green Zelkova
White Linden
White Pine
Willow Oak
Yellowwood

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