A visit to the Mount Hope 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. Hope Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mt. Hope Cemetery (FG ID #93132).
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:
38.3768, -95.9723
The Mt. Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Neosho Rapids.
The cemetery is located in Lyon County<2>.
Adjacent to the Mt. Hope Cemetery and just to the east is the Saint Lawrence Catholic Cemetery.
The county seat for Lyon County is located in Emporia. Emporia lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west 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 23 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Mt. Hope Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Hope Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Badger Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chicago Mound Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- Lincoln Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Lincoln Cemetery is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Cemetery
- Hartford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Hartford Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford Cemetery
- Fowler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Fowler Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Cemetery
- Arvonia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Arvonia Cemetery is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arvonia Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Strawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Strawn Cemetery is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawn Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Reading Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Bowman & Adgate Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Key West Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Key West Cemetery is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Key West Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Cemetery
- Memorial Lawn Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Maydale Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Maydale Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maydale Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 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:
- Neosho Rapids
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hartford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lebo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lang
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jacobs Creek Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reading
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Emporia Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Emporia Junction is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emporia Junction
- Ottumwa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Emporia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Berkeley Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Berkeley Hills is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkeley Hills
- Olpe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Olivet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- New Strawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barclay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Merrick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Halls Summit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Miller
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Americus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Madison
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lamont
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
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 Lyon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Hope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Admire
- Burlington
- Emporia
- Gridley
- Halls Summit
- Hartford
- Lebo
- Lebo lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lebo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebo
- Neosho Rapids
- Olivet
- Osage City
- Reading
- Waverly
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 websites either 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 Kansas:
- Pages specific to Lyon 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 Find-A-Grave Entry: #93132
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #477545 (Mount Hope Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #477545 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: Lyon
- Est. Elev: 348 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lebo NW
- Location given for Mount Hope Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.37696 Lon: -95.9724904
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Kansas' counties, including Lyon, 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- 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |