About Mount Olivet Cemetery
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery near Violetville, Baltimore City, Maryland. It lies about 1.1 mi southwest of Violetville. The grounds sit at about 174 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 17 notable people buried here, including Francis Asbury, E. Stanley Jones and John Emory. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 597783. The nearest other listed cemetery is Loudon Park National Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gary P March Funeral Home in Baltimore, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 55 cemeteries we list in Baltimore City, and 138 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Baltimore City dates to 1839. 7 of the 55 listings in Baltimore City have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Violetville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery
Among them: 5 writers, 1 journalist, 1 musician, 1 physician.
- Francis Asbury1745-1816Methodist bishop in America
- E. Stanley Jones1884-1973Methodist missionary and theologian
- John Emory1789-1835American bishop
- Sally Lucas Jean1878-1971American health educator and nurse
- George Richard Crooks1822-1897American Methodist minister and educator
- Jesse Lee1758-1816American clergyman
- Robert Strawbridge1732-1781American methodist preacher
- Beverly Waugh1789-1858American methodist bishop
- Enoch George1767-1828American bishop
- Georgie A. Hulse McLeod1835-1890Maryland author, educator, temperance activist
- Gideon B. Smith1793-1867American physician
- Florence Baker Janvier1872-1950
Show all 17 notable burials
- George Roberts1766-1827Reverend and physician
- Mabel Lossing Jones1878-1978American headmaster and missionary in India
- Naomi Duff Smith1902-1973Poet, writer, and public relations executive
- Ruel Shaw1799-1876Baltimore music teacher
- Samuel Regester1818-1881American professor and academic administrator
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
- Loudon Park National CemeteryVioletville, MD · est. 1853National cemetery0.5 mi
- Western CemeteryEdmondson Village, MDCemetery0.7 mi
- New Cathedral CemeteryRognel Heights, MD · est. 1871Catholic cemetery1.0 mi
- Loudon Park National CemeteryBeechfield, MDNational cemetery1.3 mi
- Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery1022 Joh Avenue, Baltimore, MDLutheran cemetery1.4 mi
- Saint Peters CemeteryWalbrook, MDCemetery1.5 mi
- Cohen Family Burial Ground1225 West Saratoga Street, Baltimore, MDFamily cemetery1.7 mi
- Eucharist CemeteryBeechfield, MDCemetery2.0 mi
- Mount Auburn CemeteryWestport, MDCemetery2.1 mi
- Old Saint Pauls Cemetery733 West Redwood Street, Baltimore, MDCemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Olivet Cemetery
- Gary P March Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Baltimore · (410) 945-1100
- Teah Funeral Services P.A0.4 miFuneral home · Baltimore · (443) 799-4814
- Michael Ziglier Funeral Service, Pa0.5 miFuneral home · Baltimore · (410) 905-5036
- Parker Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Baltimore · (410) 945-4665
- Loudon Park Funeral Hone1.1 miFuneral home · Baltimore
- Loudon Park Funeral Home and Cemetery1.1 miFuneral home · Baltimore · (410) 644-1900
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