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 #101004).
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:
40.8293, -99.6736
The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Dawson County<2>.
The county seat for Dawson County is located in Lexington. Lexington lies just to the southwest 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 20 that are within 16 miles [25.7 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.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Anns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hewitt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hillside Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grace Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Overton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Robb Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Plum Creek Pioneer Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Sumner Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cozad Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Adullam Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Platte Valley Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Park Valley Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 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:
- Lexington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Overton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Darr
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sumner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eddyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Miller
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cozad
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Westmark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smithfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eustis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Bertrand
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Amherst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cumro ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oconto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Odessa
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Loomis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Buckeye
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sartoria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gothenburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
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 Dawson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Hope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amherst
- Bertrand
- Cozad
- Eddyville
- Elm Creek
- Elwood
- Eustis
- Farnam
- Gothenburg
- Lexington
- Loomis
- Miller
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Overton
- Sartoria
- Smithfield
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 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. Hope Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Dawson 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: #101004
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #831456 (Mount Hope Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #831456 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: Dawson
- Est. Elev: 730 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lexington East
- Location given for Mount Hope Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.8294518 Lon: -99.6737229
- 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 Nebraska's counties, including Dawson, 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 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. |