Mount Hope Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois

Mount Hope Cemetery is a cemetery in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 640 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 33 notable people buried here, including Carey Bell, Ernie Terrell and Gustavus Franklin Swift. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 413982. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Olivet Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Memorial Cremation in Chicago, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 44 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Cook County dates to 1834. 23 of the 187 listings in Cook County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 4 artists, 4 musicians, 4 US representatives, 3 baseball players, 3 writers, 2 boxers, 2 scientists, 1 football player.

• Carey Bell1936-2007
  American blues musician
• Ernie Terrell1939-2014
  American boxer
• Gustavus Franklin Swift1839-1903
  American entrepreneur in the meat industry
• Claire Dux1885-1967
  Operatic soprano
• Eddie Perkins1937-2012
  American boxer
• Edward Weston1846-1918
  American physician and archer
• Charles S. Wharton1875-1939
  U.S. Representative
• Fred Ernst Busbey1895-1966
  Politician and United States Army soldier
• Ransom W. Dunham1838-1896
  American politician
• Stanley Waterloo1846-1913
  American newspaperman, editor, newspaper owner, and author
• Buck Weaver1890-1956
  Major League Baseball player
• Carlo Gentile1835-1893
  Italian photographer

People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Hope 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.

• Mount Olivet Cemetery

  2755 West 111th Street, Chicago, IL · est. 1855
  Catholic cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Ever Rest Cemetery (historical)

  Merrionette Park, IL
  Cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Beverly Cemetery

  12000 South Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island, IL
  Cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Oak Hill Cemetery

  11900 South Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island, IL
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Lincoln Cemetery

  12300 South Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island, IL
  Christian cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Mount Greenwood Cemetery

  2900 West 111th Street, Chicago, IL
  Cemetery

  1.0 mi
• Saint Casimir Catholic Cemetery

  4401 West 111th Street, Chicago, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  1.9 mi
• First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

  4135 West 127th Street, Alsip, IL
  Lutheran cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Burr Oak Cemetery

  4400 West 127th Street, Alsip, IL
  Cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Cedar Park Cemetery

  12540 South Halsted Street, Calumet Park, IL
  Cemetery

  2.5 mi

• Memorial Cremation

  Cremation provider · Chicago · (773) 980-1808
  1.1 mi
• Hickey Memorial Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Blue Island · (708) 388-1636
  1.4 mi
• Donnellan Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago
  1.5 mi
• Beverly Ridge Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 779-4411
  1.7 mi
• Krueger Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Blue Island · (708) 388-1300
  1.8 mi
• Andrew J. Mcgann & Son Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 783-7700
  1.9 mi

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