A visit to the Mount Hope 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. Hope Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Hope Cemetery:
40.1311, -87.3850
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Fountain County<2>.
The county seat for Fountain County is located in Covington. Covington lies just to the north northwest of the Mt. Hope Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Hope Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Mt. Hope Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Hope Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Prescott Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Prescott Grove Cemetery is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Prescott Grove Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Covington.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86471 <5>
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Covington.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2172049 <5>
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Cemetery
- Upper Mound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Upper Mound Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Mound Cemetery
- Lower Mound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Lower Mound Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Mound Cemetery
- Bend Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Bend Cemetery is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend Cemetery
- Rodgers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Roger Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roger Cemetery
- Baltimore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woods Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lyons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Lyons Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Cemetery
- Progressive Friends Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Progressive Friends Church Cemetery is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progressive Friends Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Progressive Friends Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Stone Bluff.
- The Progressive Friends Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crazy Corner South Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2234961 <5>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Gopher Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Gopher Hill Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gopher Hill Cemetery
- Hicks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- The Hicks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lowe - Hicks Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1353717 <5>
- Chenoweth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Chenoweth Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoweth Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Mosonic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Mosonic Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosonic Cemetery
- Ater Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Ater Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ater Cemetery
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Cold Springs Cemetery is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs Cemetery
- Shankland Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Harrison Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Harrison Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Bonebrake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Bonebrake Cemetery is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonebrake Cemetery
- Rock Field Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Rock Field Cemetery is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Field Cemetery
- West Lebanon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The West Lebanon Cemetery is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Lebanon Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of West Lebanon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87342 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Hope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Hope Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Covington
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Layton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Tree Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Foster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Gessie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Perrysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Veedersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rileysburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Stone Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stone Bluff is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Bluff
- Old Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- State Line City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- State Line City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- State Line
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- State Line is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Illiana
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Illiana is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana
- West Lebanon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West Lebanon is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 686 people
- Newell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Newell is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Harveysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Williamsport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Danville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eugene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Kingman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sloan ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sloan is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
- Hillsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mellott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mellott is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Attica
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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. Hope Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fountain County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Hope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Attica
- Covington
- Danville
- Mellott
- Perrysville
- Veedersburg
- West Lebanon
- Williamsport
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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. Hope Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Fountain 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. Hope Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #439578 (Mount Hope Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #439578 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: Fountain
- Est. Elev: 185 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Covington
- Location given for Mount Hope Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.131149 Lon: -87.3850133
- 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 Indiana's counties, including Fountain, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mt. Hope 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. |
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