About Mount Hope Cemetery
Mount Hope Cemetery is a cemetery near Ellis, Ellis County, Kansas. It lies about 0.7 mi northwest of Ellis. The grounds sit at about 2,139 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Kepple Disney and Mary Richardson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 475176. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Mary's Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the north. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Keithley Funeral Chapel in Ellis, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 19 cemeteries we list in Ellis County, and 3 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ellis. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Hope Cemetery
- Kepple Disney1832-1891Father of Elias Disney; grandfather of Walt Disney
- Mary Richardson1839-1909Mother of Elias Disney; grandmother of Walt Disney
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
38.93390, -99.54968
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
- Saint Mary's CemeteryEllis, KSCemetery0.6 mi
- Fort Hays Memorial GardensHays, KSMemorial park9.4 mi
- Hyacinth CemeteryHays, KSCemetery9.8 mi
- Ogallah CemeteryWaKeeney, KSCemetery10 mi
- Saint Andrew CemeteryHays, KSChristian cemetery11 mi
- Emanuel Lutheran CemeteryEllis, KSLutheran cemetery11 mi
- Fort CemeteryHays, KSCemetery11 mi
- Saint Joseph CemeteryHays, KSCemetery13 mi
- Mount Allen CemeteryHays, KSCemetery13 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Hope Cemetery
- Keithley Funeral Chapel0.5 miFuneral chapel · Ellis · (785) 726-4400
- Hays Memorial Chapel13 miFuneral chapel · Hays · (785) 628-1009
- Brock's North Hill Chapel13 miFuneral home · Hays
- Brock's-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory13 miCremation provider · Hays · (785) 625-3215
- Schmitt Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · WaKeeney · (785) 743-6761
- Cline's-Keithley Mortuary of Victoria22 miMortuary · Victoria · (785) 735-9224
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