About Mount Hope Cemetery
Mount Hope Cemetery is a cemetery in Elgin, Cook County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 758 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 413984. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bluff City Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Laird Funeral Home in Elgin, about 1.7 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 41 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.
Map
42.02231, -88.25168
What Mount Hope 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
- Bluff City CemeteryElgin, ILMunicipal cemetery0.4 mi
- Lakewood Memorial Park30W730 US Route 20, Elgin, ILMemorial park1.6 mi
- Hillside CemeteryElgin, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Elgin State Hospital CemeteryElgin, ILCemetery2.4 mi
- Little Woods CemeterySouth Elgin, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Bartlett CemeteryBartlett, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- River Valley Memorial GardensWest Dundee, ILMemorial park4.2 mi
- Dundee Township Cemetery EastEast Dundee, ILMunicipal cemetery5.0 mi
- Immanuel Lutheran CemeteryStreamwood, ILLutheran cemetery5.4 mi
- Ontarioville CemeteryHanover Park, ILCemetery5.8 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Hope Cemetery
- Laird Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Elgin · (847) 741-8800
- O'Connor-Leetz Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Elgin · (847) 741-1400
- Wait-Ross-Allanson Funeral Services1.9 miFuneral home · Elgin · (847) 742-2100
- Symonds-Madison Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Elgin · (847) 741-1128
- Countryside Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · South Elgin · (847) 289-8054
- Cardinal Funeral & Cremation Services, Ltd.4.0 miCremation provider · Elgin · (773) 558-7175
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Mount Hope Cemetery located?
Mount Hope Cemetery is at 1001 Villa Street, Elgin, IL 60120 in Cook County. GPS coordinates: 42.02231, -88.25168.
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