About Mount Hope Cemetery
Mount Hope Cemetery is a cemetery near Webb City, Jasper County, Missouri. It lies about 1.7 mi northeast of Webb City. The grounds sit at about 1,073 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Charles Henry Morgan, Joe J. Manlove and D. Howard Doane. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 722764. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wild Rose Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hedge-Lewis Funeral Home in Webb City, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 62 cemeteries we list in Jasper County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Webb City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Hope Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 baseball player, 1 Spanish-American War veteran, 1 writer.
- Charles Henry Morgan1842-1912American congressman for Missouri
- Joe J. Manlove1876-1956American politician
- D. Howard Doane1883-1984American businessman
- Al Gerheauser1917-1972American baseball player
- Victor J. Miller1888-1955American politician, 33th mayor of Saint Louis
- Charles Cummings1908-2003American basketball coach
- George Anthony Spiva, Jr.1928-2013American economist and professor
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
37.12503, -94.47856
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
- Wild Rose CemeteryWebb City, MOCemetery0.5 mi
- Webb City CemeteryWebb City, MOMunicipal cemetery0.5 mi
- Ozark Memorial Park CemeteryJoplin, MOMemorial park2.2 mi
- Forest Park CemeteryJoplin, MOCemetery2.5 mi
- Carterville CemeteryCarterville, MOCemetery3.7 mi
- Carter Memorial CemeteryCarterville, MOCemetery3.7 mi
- Miller CemeteryDuquesne, MOCemetery3.8 mi
- Peace Church CemeteryJoplin, MOChurch cemetery3.8 mi
- Harmony Grove CemeteryDuenweg, MOCemetery4.0 mi
- Fairview CemeteryJoplin, MOCemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Hope Cemetery
- Hedge-Lewis Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Webb City · (417) 673-4666
- Simpson Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Webb City · (417) 673-2411
- Ozark Crematory2.4 miCremation provider · Joplin · (417) 782-0184
- Mason-Woodard Mortuary & Crematory2.9 miCremation provider · Joplin · (417) 781-1711
- Thornhill-Dillon Mortuary3.5 miMortuary · Joplin · (417) 623-4567
- SI Memorials3.8 miMonument dealer · Joplin · (417) 623-0633
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