About Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery near Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida. It lies about 2.1 mi south of Gainesville. The grounds sit at about 177 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Matthew McFarlan Lewey. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2082055. The nearest other listed cemetery is Grass Lawn Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is A Direct Cremations in Gainesville, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 113 cemeteries we list in Alachua County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 113 listings in Alachua County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Gainesville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran.
- Matthew McFarlan Lewey1844-1935American politician, militia officer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Pleasant 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.
Map
29.67948, -82.33792
What Mount Pleasant 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
- Grass Lawn CemeteryGainesville, FLCemetery0.1 mi
- Sand Hill CemeteryGainesville, FLCemetery0.2 mi
- Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Memorial GardenGainesville, FLMemorial park2.0 mi
- B’Nai Israel CemeteryGainesville, FLCemetery2.5 mi
- Forest Meadows CemeteryGainesville, FLCemetery3.1 mi
- Rutledge Community CemeteryGainesville, FLChristian cemetery3.2 mi
- Trinity United Methodist Church Memorial GardenGainesville, FLMemorial park3.3 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryGainesville, FLCemetery3.8 mi
- Pine Grove CemeteryGainesville, FLCemetery3.8 mi
- East Newport CemeteryGainesville, FLCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Pleasant Cemetery
- A Direct Cremations0.2 miFuneral home · Gainesville · (352) 228-0500
- Forest Meadows Funeral Home & Cemeteries0.5 miFuneral home · Gainesville · (352) 378-2528
- Chestnut Funeral Home Inc1.6 miFuneral home · Gainesville · (352) 670-2463
- Pinkney-Smith Funeral Homes1.6 miFuneral home · Gainesville · (352) 376-8686
- Duncan Brothers' Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Gainesville · (352) 376-2437
- Williams-Thomas Funeral Homes Inc1.9 miFuneral home · Gainesville · (352) 376-7556
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