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:
39.7931, -92.1443
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 Shelby County<2>.
The county seat for Shelby County is located in Shelbyville. Shelbyville lies just to the east 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 10 miles [16.1 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.
- Morris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Wood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Wood Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Cemetery
- Hiles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Hiles Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiles Cemetery
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Forest Grove Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove Cemetery
- Peoples Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Peoples Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Cemetery
- Gray Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Gray Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Hopper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Hopper Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopper Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maplewood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Clarence.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29990 <5>
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Hawkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Hawkins Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins Cemetery
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Eaton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Eaton Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Mitts Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Mitts Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitts Cemetery
- Shelbina Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Shelbina Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbina Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Garnett Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Garnett Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnett Cemetery
- Amish Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Amish Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amish Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Pickett Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Pickett Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickett Cemetery
- Hebron Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Hebron Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Cemetery
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:
- Kirby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kirby is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby
- Lentner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lentner is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lentner
- Shelbyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 512 people
- Clarence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leonard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shelbina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Anabel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Anabel is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anabel
- Enterprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Plevna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Plevna is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Lakenan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lakenan is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakenan
- Kendall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kendall is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Emden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Emden is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emden
- Novelty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Woodville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Woodlawn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Duncans Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Duncans Bridge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncans Bridge
- Granville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Granville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Newark
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hedge City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hedge City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedge City
- Sue City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sue City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue City
- Economy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Economy is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Macon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- North Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Fork is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Hunnewell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hunnewell is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
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 Shelby County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Hope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bethel
- Clarence
- Hunnewell
- Macon
- Shelbina
- Shelbyville
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 helpful 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 Missouri:
- Pages specific to Shelby 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 #722763 (Mount Hope Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #722763 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: Shelby
- Est. Elev: 227 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hagers Grove
- Location given for Mount Hope Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.7930935 Lon: -92.1443443
- 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 Missouri's counties, including Shelby, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |