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. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed 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:
30.8454, -85.6691
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 .
Open a Google Map centered on 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)
- The Still Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Cemetery
- Forehand Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Forehand Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forehand Cemetery
- East Mt. Zion Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Double Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dyson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Limestone Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Limestone Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Blackman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Blackman Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackman Cemetery
- Pate Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Pate Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pate Cemetery
- Damascus Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Damascus Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus Cemetery
- Selma Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Selma Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma Cemetery
- East Pittman Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Curry Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Curry Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Cemetery
- Harris Chapel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- 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)
- The Lees Chapel Cemetery is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Chapel Cemetery
- Black Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Black Cemetery is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Cemetery
- Whitewater Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Whitewater Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater Cemetery
- Westville Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Westville Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Cemetery
- 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:
- Bonifay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chipley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Caryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Noma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Esto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Esto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Five Points
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brock Crossroad
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Izagora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Black is located in Geneva County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Graceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cerrogordo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Vernon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wausau
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jacob City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ponce de Leon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cottondale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Campbellton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eunola ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
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.
- Chipley
- Geneva
- Graceville
- Hartford
- Slocomb
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:
- Pages specific to Florida:
- Pages specific to Holmes County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
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:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1620004
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mt. Olive Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |