A visit to the Mount Pleasant 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. Pleasant Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery:
38.9014, -94.5913
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Jackson County<2>.
The county seat for Jackson County is located in Independence. Independence lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the northeast of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Blue Ridge Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge Cemetery
- Linwood Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson County Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tomahawk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Tomahawk Cemetery is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk Cemetery
- Douglas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Douglas Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Cemetery
- The Douglas Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grange Cemetery
- Corinth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Corinth Cemetery is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth Cemetery
- Bryant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Bryant Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant Cemetery
- Palestine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Palestine Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine Cemetery
- Woolford Farm Horse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woodland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Woodland Cemetery is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- Noland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Noland Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland Cemetery
- The Noland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Besonia Church Cemetery
- Oliver Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981914 <5>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Green Lawn Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Lawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Kansas City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29019 <5>
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Kansas City.
- The Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Park
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Pleasant Ridge Cemetery is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Family Cemetery is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Family Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Belton Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton Cemetery
- Sechrest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Sechrest Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechrest Cemetery
- The Sechrest Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sechrest Family Cemetery
- Forest Hill & Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Forest Hill & Calvary Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill & Calvary Cemetery
- The Forest Hill & Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forest Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28754 <5>
- Calvary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- New Santa Fe
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
- Martin City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Martin City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
- Grandview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Loch Lloyd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
- Loch Lloyd village
- Leawood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Belvidere
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belvidere is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Holmes Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holmes Park is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Park
- Holmes Park has also been known as:
- Holmes
- Indian Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Overland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prairie Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Belton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mission Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fairway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Countryside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Lenexa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stilwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stilwell is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilwell
- Roeland Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Raymore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mission
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <6>
- Raytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Merriam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Mission Woods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Westwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
- Harrelson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Unity Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Unity Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 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. Pleasant Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jackson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belton
- Grandview
- Lenexa
- Merriam
- Overland Park
- Raymore
- Raytown
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 professional and volunteer 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. Pleasant Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Jackson 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. Pleasant Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #722851 (Mount Pleasant Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #722851 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: Jackson
- Est. Elev: 299 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Grandview
- Location given for Mount Pleasant Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.901396 Lon: -94.5913445
- 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 Jackson, 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 from Point A (ie- Mt. Pleasant 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. |