A visit to the Mount Olive Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
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:
40.5942, -95.5939
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Fremont County<2>.
The county seat for Fremont County is located in Sidney. Sidney lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north northwest 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 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Mt. Olive Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Olive Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Columbia & French Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Utterback Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Utterback Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utterback Cemetery
- Hamburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hamburg Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Stauch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Stauch Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stauch Cemetery
- Austin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Austin Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Cemetery
- Wesleyan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Wesleyan Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesleyan Cemetery
- Means Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Means Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Means Cemetery
- Frost Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Frost Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Cemetery
- Stoner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Stoner Cemetery is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoner Cemetery
- Riverton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Riverton Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton Cemetery
- Lovelady Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Lovelady Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelady Cemetery
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- Buckham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Buckham Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckham Cemetery
- Slusher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Slusher Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slusher Cemetery
- High Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The High Creek Cemetery is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Creek Cemetery
- Redd Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Redd Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redd Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Grange Hall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Grange Hall Cemetery is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall Cemetery
- Fremont County Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Sonora Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Sonora Cemetery is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora Cemetery
- Addington Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Addington Cemetery is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addington Cemetery
- Linden Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Linden Cemetery is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Cemetery
- St. John's Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The St. John's Church Cemetery is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John's Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the northwest of Tarkio (MO).
- The St. John's Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1824939 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Mt. Olive Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Olive Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hamburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Riverton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- High Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- High Creek is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Creek
- Watson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Watson is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Farmers City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Farmers City is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
- Peru
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sidney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Farragut
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Payne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Payne is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Brownville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Phelps City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Phelps City is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps City
- Rock Port
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Westboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Westboro is located in Atchison County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Anderson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Anderson is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Julian
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Julian is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Tarkio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Northboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Northboro is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Percival
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nebraska City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Shenandoah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thurman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thurman is located in Fremont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Nemaha
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nemaha is located in Nemaha County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Nemaha has also been known as:
- Nemaha City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nemaha <6>
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 Fremont County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Olive Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Auburn
- Blanchard
- Brownville
- Coin
- Coin lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Mt. Olive Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Coin.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coin
- Farragut
- Hamburg
- Julian
- Nebraska City
- Nemaha
- Peru
- Peru lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Mt. Olive Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Peru.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Randolph
- Riverton
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Continue List (7 more)
- Shenandoah
- Sidney
- Tarkio
- Thurman
- Westboro
- Wyoming
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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. Olive Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Iowa:
- Pages specific to Fremont 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 GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1949952 (Mount Olive Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1949952 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Fremont
- Est. Elev: 331 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: McElroy Creek
- Location given for Mount Olive Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.5941681 Lon: -95.5938794
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Fremont, 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- 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> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |