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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 ...

The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Union County<1>.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:

  • Ackles Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • The Ackles Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackles Cemetery
  • Bramlet Memorial Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
  • Cove Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • The Cove Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Cemetery
  • Eden Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • The Eden Cemetery is located in Wallowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Cemetery
  • Elgin Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • The Elgin Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin Cemetery
  • Galloway Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • The Galloway Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Cemetery
  • Grandview Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • The Highland Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillcrest Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in La Grande.
    • The Hillcrest Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Masonic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38904 <2>
  • Hillcrest East Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hyatt Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • The Hyatt Cemetery is located in Umatilla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyatt Cemetery
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Indian Creek Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • The Indian Creek Cemetery is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Cemetery
    • Island City Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • The Island City Cemetery is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City Cemetery
    • Lostine Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • The Lostine Cemetery is located in Wallowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lostine Cemetery
    • Lower Cove Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • The Lower Cove Cemetery is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Cove Cemetery
      • The Lower Cove Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Wright Cemetery
    • Nicoson Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • The Nicoson Cemetery is located in Wallowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicoson Cemetery
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Summerville - Imbler Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • The Summerville - Imbler Cemetery is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville - Imbler Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Summerville - Imbler Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Imbler and Summerville.  The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<4> to the southeast of Summerville.
    • Wallowa Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • The Wallowa Cemetery is located in Wallowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallowa Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically:

  • Bingham Springs
    • Bingham Springs is located in Umatilla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham Springs
  • Conley
    • Conley is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley
  • Cove
  • Elgin
    • Elgin is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,801 people
    • Former names for Elgin:
    • Fish Trap
    • Indian Valley
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <5>
  • Enterprise
  • Evans
    • Evans is located in Wallowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
  • Flora ‑ Historic
    • Flora is located in Wallowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
  • Gibbon
    • Gibbon is located in Umatilla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbon
  • Hilgard
    • Hilgard is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilgard
  • Hot Lake
    • Hot Lake is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Lake
  • Imbler
  • Island City
    • Island City is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,024 people
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • La Grande
    • Lostine
    • Maxville ‑ Historic
      • Maxville is located in Wallowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
    • Orodell ‑ Historic
      • Orodell is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orodell
    • Promise ‑ Historic
      • Promise is located in Wallowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise
    • Summerville
    • Tollgate
      • Tollgate is located in Umatilla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollgate
    • Troy
      • Troy is located in Wallowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Wallowa

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 Union County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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. Pleasant Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Oregon:
  • Pages specific to Union 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 #1146528  (Mount Pleasant Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1146528 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: Union
      • Est. Elev: 1038 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Rondowa

    Footnotes ...

    <1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <2>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.
    <3>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Imbler and Summerville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
    <4>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- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.