About Mount Hope Cemetery
Mount Hope Cemetery is a cemetery near Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois. It lies about 9.1 mi south of Gibson City. The grounds sit at about 820 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Hiram Sibley Bicket. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 413979. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cropsey Cemetery, about 4.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rosenbaum Funeral Home in Gibson City, about 4.2 mi away. It is one of 20 cemeteries we list in Ford County, and 11 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Gibson City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Hope Cemetery
- Hiram Sibley Bicket1881-1941American pilot
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.
Map
40.58917, -88.39669
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
- Cropsey CemeteryColfax, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Strawn CemeteryForrest, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- Anchor Township CemeteryColfax, ILMunicipal cemetery6.9 mi
- Saint Johns Lutheran CemeteryColfax, ILLutheran cemetery7.0 mi
- South Apostolic Christian CemeteryFairbury, ILCemetery7.1 mi
- Germanville CemeteryChatsworth, ILCemetery7.9 mi
- Melvin CemeteryGibson City, ILCemetery7.9 mi
- Fairview CemeteryColfax, ILCemetery8.2 mi
- Spence CemeteryFairbury, ILCemetery8.9 mi
- Drummer Township CemeteryGibson City, ILMunicipal cemetery9.0 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Hope Cemetery
- Rosenbaum Funeral Home4.2 miFuneral home · Gibson City · (217) 784-8700
- Rosenbaum Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Gibson City · (217) 784-8700
- Lamb-Young Funeral Home8.5 miFuneral home · Gibson City · (217) 784-4641
- Calvert & Martin Funeral Homes - Forrest Chapel11 miFuneral home · Forrest · (815) 657-8219
- Duffy Pils Memorial Homes11 miFuneral home · Colfax · (309) 723-4061
- Lamb-Young Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Roberts · (217) 395-2215
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