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 #101005).
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:
41.3041, -96.0316
The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Douglas County<2>.
The county seat for Douglas County is located in Omaha. Omaha lies just to the south 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 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 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.
- Springwell Danish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Golden Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Potters Field
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Jewish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ressurection Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bohemian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mormon Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flower Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Westlawn - Hillcrest Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The West Lawn Cemetery is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lawn Cemetery
- Beth El Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Graceland Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shipley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 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:
- Irvington
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Omaha
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Briggs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Briggs is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
- Home Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Boys Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Carter Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ralston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- La Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Council Bluffs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bennington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Portal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Portal is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portal
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Crescent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chalco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Papillion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fort Calhoun
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elkhorn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gilmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gilmore is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Avery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avery is located in Sarpy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bellevue
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chautauqua
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Honey Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Honey Creek is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Richfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elk City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- De Soto ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- King Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Waterloo
(13 miles [20.9 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 Douglas County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Hope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bellevue
- Bennington
- Boys Town
- Council Bluffs
- De Soto - Historic
- Elkhorn
- Fort Calhoun
- Millard
- Omaha
- Papillion
- Ralston
- Waterloo
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Nebraska:
- Pages specific to Douglas 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: #101005
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #831457 (Mount Hope Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #831457 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: Douglas
- Est. Elev: 375 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Irvington
- Location given for Mount Hope Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.3041646 Lon: -96.0314051
- 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 Douglas, 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. |