Mount Olive Cemetery in Elsmere, Delaware
About Mount Olive Cemetery
Mount Olive Cemetery is a cemetery near Elsmere, New Castle County, Delaware. It lies about 1.2 mi south of Elsmere. The grounds sit at about 174 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 214345. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Zion Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Congo Funeral Home in Wilmington, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 67 cemeteries we list in New Castle County, and 60 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in New Castle County dates to 1698. 7 of the 67 listings in New Castle County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Elsmere. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.75695, -75.59761
What Mount Olive Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Mount Zion CemeteryElsmere, DECemetery0.4 mi
- Silverbrook CemeteryElsmere, DECemetery0.5 mi
- Beth Emeth CemeteryElsmere, DEJewish cemetery0.7 mi
- Green Hill CemeteryGreenville, DECemetery0.9 mi
- Cathedral CemeteryElsmere, DECemetery1.2 mi
- Mount Salem United Methodist Church CemeteryWilmington, DEMethodist cemetery1.3 mi
- Mount Salem CemeteryWilmington, DECemetery1.3 mi
- Saint Joseph on the BrandywineGreenville, DE · est. 1841Cemetery1.3 mi
- Wilmington and Brandywine CemeteryWilmington, DECemetery2.5 mi
- Simpson CemeteryNewport, DECemetery2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Olive Cemetery
- Congo Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (302) 652-8887
- Arcaro Charles P Funeral Director1.1 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (302) 658-9095
- 302funerals.com by Williams Funeral Home and Burial Services1.2 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (302) 510-6228
- Krienen-griffith Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Elsmere · (302) 994-9614
- Evan W Smith Funeral Services1.4 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (302) 377-6906
- Gore Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Wilmington · (302) 274-2960
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