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 #1175402)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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
Lat: 40.2978° (40° 17' 52")
Lon: -96.1405° (-96° 8' 25")
The cemetery is located in Johnson County<3>.
As an estimate, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southeast of Elk Creek.
The county seat for Johnson County is located in Tecumseh. Tecumseh lies just to the north northwest of the Mt. Hope Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Mt. Hope Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Hope Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Grandview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tecumseh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bronek - Burgent Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Fredrick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Pauls UCC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rinne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Salem's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Table Rock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bohemian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Matthew's Lutheran Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Nemaha County
- St. Mary Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vesta Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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]<2> of the Mt. Hope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Hope Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Elk Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tecumseh
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Steinauer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Graf ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Graf. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Graf is located in Johnson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Graf
- From the Mt. Hope Cemetery to Graf
- Table Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Johnson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnson have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Johnson is located in Nemaha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson <6>
- Saint Mary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vesta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pawnee City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rohrs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Humboldt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lewiston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cook have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cook is located in Johnson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cook <6>
- Burchard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crab Orchard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crab Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Orchard
- Crab Orchard is located in Johnson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crab Orchard <6>
- Auburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Auburn is located in Nemaha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,342 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <6>
- Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Howe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Talmage
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Du Bois
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Burr
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burr have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- Burr is located in Otoe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burr <6>
- Virginia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virginia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia
- Virginia is located in Gage County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia <6>
- Dawson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stella
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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 Johnson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Hope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Auburn
- Brock
- Burchard
- Burr
- Burr lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Burr.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burr
- Cook
- Crab Orchard
- Dawson
- Du Bois
- Elk Creek
- Graf - Historic
- Graf lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Graf.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graf
- Howe
- Humboldt
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Continue List (9 more)
- Pawnee City
- Steinauer
- Stella
- Sterling
- Table Rock
- Talmage
- Tecumseh
- Virginia
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 either 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 Johnson County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Mt. Hope Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Johnson County: www.co.johnson.ne.us/
The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mt. Hope Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.2978, Longitude: -96.1405 |
<3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Johnson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<7> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |