Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia

Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia. The grounds sit at about 131 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 65 notable people buried here, including James Hoban, Mary Surratt and Henry Wirz. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 529421. The nearest other listed cemetery is Graceland Cemetery (historical), about 0.7 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ronald Taylor II Funeral Homes in Washington, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 44 cemeteries we list in District of Columbia, and 137 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in District of Columbia dates to 1852. 14 of the 44 listings in District of Columbia have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 7 US representatives, 7 writers, 4 Civil War veterans, 4 journalists, 3 actors, 3 baseball players, 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 physicians.

• James Hoban1762-1831
  Irish architect
• Mary Surratt1820-1865
  Lincoln assassination conspirator
• Henry Wirz1823-1865
  Swiss-born Confederate officer in the American Civil War
• Joseph McKenna1843-1926
  US Supreme Court justice from 1898 to 1925
• Henri Hyvernat1858-1941
  American coptologist
• Thomas H. Carter1854-1911
  American politician, Montana
• Robert Wynne1851-1922
  American Postmaster General, journalist, diplomat
• Oliveira Lima1867-1928
  Brazilian writer, librarian, literary critic, diplomat, historian and journalist
• Pola Nireńska1910-1992
  Polish dancer and choreographer
• William Franklin Sands1874-1946
  American diplomat
• William Russell Smith1815-1896
  American politician
• Ella Loraine Dorsey1853-1935
  American author, journalist, translator

People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Olivet Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

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.

• Graceland Cemetery (historical)

  Ivy City, DC
  Cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Saint Francis DeSales Cemetery (historical)

  Woodridge, DC
  Cemetery

  0.9 mi
• Eastern Cemetery

  H Street NE, DC
  Cemetery

  0.9 mi
• Harmony Cemetery

  Brentwood Village, DC
  Cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Saint Peters Catholic Burial Ground (historical)

  H Street NE, DC
  Catholic cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Saint Mary's Cemetery

  2121 Lincoln Road Northeast, Washington, DC
  Catholic cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Prospect Hill Cemetery

  2201 North Capitol Street Northwest, Washington, DC
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• The Glenwood Cemetery

  2219 Lincoln Road Northeast, Washington, DC
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Saint Patricks Catholic Cemetery (historical)

  Bloomingdale, DC
  Catholic cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Saint Patricks Cemetery (historical)

  Bloomingdale, DC
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi

• Ronald Taylor II Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 882-2732
  0.9 mi
• Capitol Mortuary

  Mortuary · Washington · (202) 399-6999
  0.9 mi
• John T Rhines Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 529-4300
  1.3 mi
• Grace Murray Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Washington · (202) 505-5300
  1.4 mi
• BK Henry Funeral Home

  Funeral home · H Street NE
  1.4 mi
• B K Henry Funeral Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Washington · (202) 544-9655
  1.4 mi

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