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:
40.1675, -93.0158
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 Sullivan County<2>.
The county seat for Sullivan County is located in Milan. Milan lies just to the west 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 26 that are within 10 miles [16.1 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.
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Hickory Grove Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Pleasantville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Pleasantville Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville Cemetery
- Payne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Payne Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- Marlay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Marlay Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlay Cemetery
- Deep Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Deep Spring Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Spring Cemetery
- Springer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Springer Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springer Cemetery
- Milan Oakwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Milan Oakwood Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan Oakwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Milan Oakwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Milan.
- The Milan Oakwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oakwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640967 <5>
- Baker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Baker Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Winigan.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #185432 <5>
- Bunch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Bunch Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunch Cemetery
- Hollon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Hollon Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollon Cemetery
- Haines Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Haines Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haines Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Hawkeye Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Hawkeye Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye Cemetery
- Hamilton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Hamilton Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- Elmwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Milan.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2221944 <5>
- McCulla Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The McCulla Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCulla Cemetery
- Green City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Green City Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City Cemetery
- Lovell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Lovell Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell Cemetery
- Fields Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Fields Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Cemetery
- White Oak Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The White Oak Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Cemetery
- Knifong Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Knifong Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knifong Cemetery
- North Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The North Salem Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem Cemetery
- Tallman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Tallman Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallman Cemetery
- Pickerel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Pickerel Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickerel Cemetery
- Ringo Point Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Ringo Point Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringo Point Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 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:
- Owasco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Owasco is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Sticklerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
- Milan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Green City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Boynton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boynton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
- Greencastle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winigan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winigan is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winigan
- Browning
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Pollock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pollock is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Pennville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pennville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Nind ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nind is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nind
- Danforth ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Danforth is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danforth
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Purdin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Purdin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Tipperary ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tipperary is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipperary
- Novinger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Novinger is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Humphreys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- New Boston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Osgood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Osgood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Haseville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Haseville is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haseville
- Yarrow ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Yarrow is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow
- Goldsberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Goldsberry is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsberry
- Galt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Gifford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Gifford is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Harris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
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 Sullivan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Olive Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Browning
- Galt
- Green City
- Greencastle
- Humphreys
- Milan
- Milan lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Mt. Olive Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Milan.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Novinger
- Pollock
- Purdin
- Unionville
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 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 Missouri:
- Pages specific to Sullivan 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 #722803 (Mount Olive Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #722803 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: Sullivan
- Est. Elev: 306 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Milan East
- Location given for Mount Olive Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.1675208 Lon: -93.0157616
- 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 Sullivan, 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 obstructions 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> | 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. |