About Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery near Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota. The grounds sit at about 794 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Luther Loren Baxter. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2094315. The nearest other listed cemetery is Guardian Angel Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Bertas Funeral Home in Chaska, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 44 cemeteries we list in Carver County, and 38 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chaska. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery
- Luther Loren Baxter1832-1915American politician (1832-1915); Minnesota -- "L.L." Senate 1865-68 (District 18); House 1869 (District 21); Senate 1870-71 (District 21); Senate 1872-74 (District 33); House 1875 (District 33); House 1879-82 (District 33)
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Pleasant 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
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What Mount Pleasant 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
- Guardian Angel CemeteryChaska, MNCemetery0.6 mi
- Moravian CemeteryChaska, MNCemetery0.8 mi
- Saint John's CemeteryChaska, MNCemetery1.8 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryCarver, MNCemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Nicholas CemeteryCarver, MNCemetery3.3 mi
- Saint Marks CemeteryShakopee, MNCemetery3.3 mi
- Shakopee Catholic CemeteryShakopee, MNCatholic cemetery3.3 mi
- Preiss CemeteryCarver, MNCemetery3.8 mi
- Chanhassen Pioneer CemeteryChanhassen, MNCemetery4.5 mi
- German Reformed CemeteryChaska, MNCemetery4.9 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Pleasant Cemetery
- Bertas Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Chaska · (952) 448-2137
- McNearney - Schmidt Funeral and Cremation4.6 miCremation provider · Shakopee · (952) 445-2755
- Scott County Cremation4.7 miCremation provider · Shakopee · (952) 402-9000
- Ballard-Sunder Funeral & Cremation4.7 miCremation provider · Shakopee · (952) 445-1202
- Wagner Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · Jordan · (952) 492-3366
- Huber Funeral Homes7.3 miFuneral home · Eden Prairie · (952) 949-4970
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