About Mount Olive Cemetery
Mount Olive Cemetery is a cemetery near Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas. It lies about 1.3 mi northeast of Troy. The grounds sit at about 1,152 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Forrest E. Peden. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 473043. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Charles Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Harmon-Rode Funeral Homes in Troy, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 29 cemeteries we list in Doniphan County, and 23 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Troy. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Olive Cemetery
Among them: 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 World War II veteran.
- Forrest E. Peden1913-1945United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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
39.76828, -95.10416
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
- Saint Charles CemeteryTroy, KSCemetery0.4 mi
- Courter - Ritchey CemeteryTroy, KSCemetery4.9 mi
- Burrell CemeteryTroy, KSCemetery5.0 mi
- Fanning CemeteryTroy, KSCemetery5.3 mi
- New Hope CemeteryTroy, KSCemetery5.8 mi
- Rosendale CemeteryWathena, KSCemetery6.3 mi
- Iola CemeteryHighland, KSCemetery6.8 mi
- Wolf River CemeteryHighland, KSCemetery6.9 mi
- Charleston CemeteryTroy, KSCemetery7.0 mi
- Victory CemeteryTroy, KSCemetery7.4 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Olive Cemetery
- Harmon-Rode Funeral Homes1.5 miFuneral home · Troy
- Harman-Rohde Funeral Home8.3 miFuneral home · Wathena · (785) 989-4411
- Chapel Oaks Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Highland · (785) 442-3590
- Clark-Sampson Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · St Joseph · (816) 238-0601
- Rupp Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · St Joseph · (816) 238-1797
- Simplify Cremations & Funerals14 miFuneral home · St Joseph · (816) 232-2722
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