About Mount Olive Cemetery
Mount Olive Cemetery is a cemetery near Mount Olive, Macoupin County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 676 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Elmer Droste. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1764599. The nearest funeral home we know of is Becker and Son Funeral Home in Mt Olive, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 120 cemeteries we list in Macoupin County, and 38 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Macoupin County dates to 1906.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mount Olive. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Olive Cemetery
- Elmer Droste1895-1972American lawyer, politician, and Army officer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Olive 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
39.07895, -89.73317
What Mount Olive 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
- Immanuel Lutheran CemeteryMount Olive, ILLutheran cemetery0.1 mi
- Union Miners CemeteryMount Olive, ILChurch cemetery0.1 mi
- New Cavalry CemeteryMount Olive, ILCemetery0.1 mi
- Holy Trinity CemeteryMount Olive, ILCemetery1.3 mi
- Chapman CemeteryMount Olive, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Griswold CemeteryMount Olive, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Saint Johns Lutheran CemeteryMount Olive, ILLutheran cemetery3.3 mi
- Farrar CemeteryMount Olive, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Benld CemeteryBenld, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Holy Dormition CemeteryBenld, ILCemetery3.6 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Olive Cemetery
- Becker and Son Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Mt Olive · (217) 999-3821
- Kravanya Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · Benld · (844) 486-3725
- Williamson Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Staunton · (618) 635-2442
- Kravanya Funeral Home5.8 miFuneral home · Gillespie · (844) 486-3725
- Litchfield Family Funeral Services7.6 miFuneral home · Litchfield · (217) 324-3322
- Lesicko Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Livingston · (618) 637-2345
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