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A visit to the Mount Olivet Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mt. Olivet Cemetery (FG ID #8177)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Mt. Olivet Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery

Lat:   38.0021°   (38° 0' 7")

Lon:   -122.5401°   (-122° 32' 24")

The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Marin County<2>.

The county seat for Marin County is located in San Rafael. San Rafael lies just to the south southeast of the Mt. Olivet Cemetery .

Name Variations for Mt. Olivet Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Mt. Olivet Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Olivet Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery is located in Marin County
  • Valley Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Valley Memorial Park is located in Marin County
  • Fernwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fernwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fernwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fernwood Cemetery is located in Marin County
  • Taylors Grave Site
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylors Grave Site
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylors Grave Site have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Taylors Grave Site is located in Marin County
  • St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Rolling Hills Memorial Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Olema Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olema Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Olema Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Olema Cemetery is located in Marin County
  • San Francisco National Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Sunset View Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sunset View Cemetery is located in Contra Costa County
  • Yerba Buena Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yerba Buena Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yerba Buena Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Yerba Buena Cemetery is located in San Francisco County
  • Water Front Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Water Front Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Water Front Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Water Front Memorial Park is located in Solano County
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Olivet Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The following communities are located in Marin County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Mt. Olivet Cemetery:

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #229156  (Mount Olivet Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #229156 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Novato
    • County: Marin         Elev: 35
    • Location given for GNIS #229156 (Mount Olivet Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #8177

The official website for Marin County: www.co.marin.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Marin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.0021, Longitude: -122.5401    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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