A visit to the Old Mount Olive 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 Old Mt. Olive Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Mt. Olive Cemetery:
34.7185, -80.3059
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Mt. Olive Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County<2>.
The county seat for Chesterfield County is located in Chesterfield. Chesterfield lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east of the Old Mt. Olive Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Old Mt. Olive Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Old Mt. Olive Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Mt. Olive Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Cross Roads Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Cross Roads Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads Cemetery
- Long Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Long Branch Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Pageland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pageland Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pageland Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Mt. Croghan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Croghan Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Croghan Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- White Plains Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The White Plains Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains Cemetery
- Jefferson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Jefferson Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Miller - Lowery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Elizabeth Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Cemetery
- Fork Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Fork Creek Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fork Creek Cemetery
- Ruby Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Ruby Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Cemetery
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Greenlawn Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Cemetery
- Greenlawn Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Greenlawn Memorial Park is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenlawn Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Pageland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70198 <5>
- Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northwest of Pageland.
- The Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Horne Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2240965 <5>
- Five Fork Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Five Fork Cemetery is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Fork Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Old Mt. Olive Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Mt. Olive Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mount Croghan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pageland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Ruby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ruby is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby <6>
- Angelus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Angelus is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelus
- Chesterfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Allens Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Crossroads is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Crossroads
- Jones Creek ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Creek is located in Anson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Creek
- Trinity
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Mineral Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Mineral Springs is located in Anson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- McBee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Patrick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Altan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Altan is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altan
- Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Union is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Marshville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kershaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- McFarlan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- McFarlan is located in Anson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarlan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Morven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Morven is located in Anson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 465 people
- Rock Rest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Rest is located in Union County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Rest
- Peachland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Primus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Primus is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primus
- Pine Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Village is located in Kershaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
- Wingate
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Polkton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Polkton is located in Anson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,288 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 Old Mt. Olive Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Chesterfield County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Mt. Olive Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chesterfield
- Jefferson
- Kershaw
- Marshville
- McBee
- Morven
- Morven lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Old Mt. Olive Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Morven.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morven
- Pageland
- Polkton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Old Mt. Olive Cemetery:
- Pages specific to South Carolina:
- Pages specific to Chesterfield 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 Old Mt. Olive Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1225204 (Old Mount Olive Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1225204 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: Chesterfield
- Est. Elev: 164 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Jefferson NE
- Location given for Old Mount Olive Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.7184881 Lon: -80.3058981
- 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 South Carolina's counties, including Chesterfield, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Old Mt. Olive 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. |