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A visit to the Mount Olive 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. Olive Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mt. Olive Cemetery (FG ID #1620004)

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. Olive Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   30.8454°   (30° 50' 43")

Lon:   -85.6691°   (-85° 40' 8")

The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Holmes County<2>.

The county seat for Holmes County is located in Bonifay. Bonifay lies just to the south of the Mt. Olive Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> of the Mt. Olive Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Still Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Still Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Still Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Still Cemetery is located in Holmes County
  • Forehand Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forehand Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forehand Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Forehand Cemetery is located in Holmes County
  • East Mt. Zion Methodist Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Double Springs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Double Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Double Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Double Springs Cemetery is located in Holmes County
  • Dyson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Limestone Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Limestone Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Limestone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Limestone Cemetery is located in Washington County
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Jackson County
  • Blackman Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blackman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Blackman Cemetery is located in Washington County
  • Pate Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pate Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pate Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pate Cemetery is located in Holmes County
  • Damascus Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Damascus Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Damascus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Damascus Cemetery is located in Jackson County
  • Selma Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Selma Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Selma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Selma Cemetery is located in Holmes County
  • East Pittman Baptist Church Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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    • Curry Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curry Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Curry Cemetery is located in Holmes County
    • Harris Chapel Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harris Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harris Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Harris Chapel Cemetery is located in Holmes County
    • New Hope Assembly of God Church Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lees Chapel Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lees Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lees Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lees Chapel Cemetery is located in Geneva County (AL)
    • Black Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Black Cemetery is located in Geneva County (AL)
    • Whitewater Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitewater Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitewater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Whitewater Cemetery is located in Holmes County
    • Westville Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westville Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Westville Cemetery is located in Holmes County
    • Marvin Chapel Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Olive Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Olive 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. Olive Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Holmes County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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. Olive 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. Olive Cemetery:

The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/

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 Florida's counties, including Holmes, 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 things 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. Olive Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8454, Longitude: -85.6691    
<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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