About Mount Olivet Cemetery
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery near Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland. It lies about 0.9 mi north of Frederick. The grounds sit at about 338 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 46 notable people buried here, including Francis Scott Key, Thomas Johnson and Frank Olson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 586020. The nearest other listed cemetery is Frederick Reformed Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Keeney and Basford Funeral Homes in Frederick, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 118 cemeteries we list in Frederick County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Frederick County dates to 1750. 3 of the 118 listings in Frederick County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Frederick. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery
Among them: 9 US representatives, 5 physicians, 4 US senators, 3 writers, 2 baseball players, 2 scientists, 1 actor, 1 football player.
- Francis Scott Key1779-1843American lawyer and poet who wrote The Star-Spangled Banner
- Thomas Johnson1732-1819U.S. Supreme Court Justice and governor;
- Frank Olson1910-1953American chemist
- Charles Mathias1922-2010American politician
- James Cooper1810-1863American lawyer, soldier, and politician
- Joseph C. O'Mahoney1884-1962American journalist, lawyer, and politician
- Richard Potts1753-1808American judge
- Charlotte Winters1897-2007United States Navy sailor
- Jacob Michael Kunkel1822-1870American politician
- Roger Nelson1759-1815American politician
- Bernard Christian Steiner1867-1926American librarian
- Francis Brengle1807-1846American politician
Show all 46 notable burials
- George Baer1763-1834Politician from Frederick
- John Ritchie1831-1887U.S. Representative from Maryland
- Milton Urner1839-1926American politician
- Thomas Contee Worthington1782-1847American politician
- Emily Nelson Ritchie McLean1859-1916Civic leader, 7th president of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
- John Ross Key1754-1821American judge
- Lewis Henry Steiner1827-1892American physician
- Robert L. Downing1857-1944American stage actor
- Barbara Fritchie1766-1862American patriot during the American Civil War
- Clarence Berger1894-1959Professional baseball player
- Allan C. McBride1885-1944American brigadier general and chief of staff in the Philippines at the time of the Japanese invasion
- Dick Nallin1877-1956American football player and coach; Major League Baseball umpire
- Edward Trail Helfenstein1865-1947American bishop
- John H. McElfresh1796-1841American politician
- William P. Maulsby1815-1894American politician and judge
- Aime M. Awl1887-1973Scientific illustrator for the National Museum of Natural History
- Ann Jennings Johnson1745-1794First Lady of Maryland
- Frank Kenly1877-1944American football player and coach
- Harriet Hemings1801-1863Daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
- John D. Nicodemus1864-1934American politician
- Marian Gouverneur1821-1914Memoirist
- Samuel L. Gouverneur Jr.1826-1880American diplomat and army officer
- Thomas Gorsuchdied 1896American politician from Maryland (died 1896)
- Walter Ralph Steiner1870-1942American physician
- Charles Henry Conley1876-1956American physician
- Charles Henry Conley, Jr.1908-1993American physician
- Frank Gardner Lesure1927-2023American geologist
- George Lynn-Lachlan Davis1816-1869
- Harriet Mantz Baer1819-1904United States meteorologist
- Jacob Rohrback1863-1945American politician in Maryland
- Joshua Johnson1742-1802Johnson, Joshua (1742-1802), merchant
- Mary Louise Rowland1904-1992
- Phillip Charles Geraci1929-2018Photojournalist and university professor
- William Leslie Burger1893-1969American
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Olivet 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.
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What Mount Olivet 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
- Frederick Reformed CemeteryFrederick, MDCemetery1.0 mi
- Saint John's Catholic CemeteryFrederick, MDCatholic cemetery1.3 mi
- Memorial Park Cemetery9501 Frederick Freeway, Frederick, MDMemorial park1.3 mi
- Fairview CemeteryFrederick, MDCemetery1.9 mi
- Rocky Springs CemeteryClover Hill, MDCemetery2.9 mi
- Saint Luke's Lutheran CemeteryBallenger Creek, MDChristian cemetery3.3 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryBraddock Heights, MDCemetery3.9 mi
- Trinity CemeterySpring Ridge, MDCemetery4.3 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryClover Hill, MDCemetery4.5 mi
- Manor CemeteryAdamstown, MDCemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Olivet Cemetery
- Keeney and Basford Funeral Homes1.0 miFuneral home · Frederick · (301) 662-2175
- Burial Concepts Stacking System1.9 miFuneral home · Frederick · (570) 840-1257
- Stauffer Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Frederick · (301) 663-1690
- Resthaven Funeral Home & Crematory6.6 miCremation provider · Frederick · (301) 732-7301
- Stauffer Funeral Homes PA6.7 miFuneral home · Walkersville · (301) 845-8091
- Thompson Harman Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Middletown · (301) 371-6070
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