Schraalenburgh North Church
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Schraalenburgh North Church, also known as North Church and as The Old North Reformed Church or Old Reformed Church, was founded 1801 as a Dutch Reformed Church
, in present day Dumont
, New Jersey
. The congregation was made up of those who originally were members of the South Schraalenburgh Church
.
The cemetery contains burials of parishioners up to 1911, and has been transcribed on the internet by Bob Winship. As "North Church", the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places
on May 26, 1983.
Dutch Reformed Church
The Dutch Reformed Church was a Reformed Christian denomination in the Netherlands. It existed from the 1570s to 2004, the year it merged with the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands to form the Protestant Church in the...
, in present day Dumont
Dumont, New Jersey
Dumont is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The population was 17,479 at the 2010 Census.Dumont was formed on July 20, 1894, as the Borough of Schraalenburgh from portions of Harrington Township and Palisades Township, at the height of the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping...
, 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...
. The congregation was made up of those who originally were members of the South Schraalenburgh Church
South Schraalenburgh Church
South Schraalenburgh Church, also known as South Presbyterian Church, was founded 1723 in Bergenfield, New Jersey as a Dutch reformed church, as an alternative place of worship, as the nearest church was located in Hackensack. The square church was completed in 1728...
.
The cemetery contains burials of parishioners up to 1911, and has been transcribed on the internet by Bob Winship. As "North Church", the church was added to 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...
on May 26, 1983.
External links
- http://www.southpresbyterian.org/History.htm
- http://www.njchurchscape.com/Dumont-Old%20North%20reformed.html
- http://www.interment.net/data/us/nj/bergen/northchurch/index.htm