About Mount Hope Cemetery
Mount Hope Cemetery is a cemetery near Norwich, Chenango County, New York. It lies about 0.9 mi north of Norwich. The grounds sit at about 1,010 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Ruth Benedict, George W. Ray and William Mason. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 957842. The nearest other listed cemetery is Harris Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wilson Funeral Home in Norwich, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 133 cemeteries we list in Chenango County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Norwich. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Hope Cemetery
Among them: 5 US representatives, 2 artists, 1 musician, 1 physician, 1 scientist.
- Ruth Benedict1887-1948American anthropologist and folklorologist
- George W. Ray1844-1925American politician
- William Mason1786-1860U.S. politician
- Elizur H. Prindle1829-1890American politician
- Henry Mitchell1784-1856American politician
- Joseph D. Bryant1845-1914Surgeon-General of New York
- Meade Purdy1796-1870American politician
- John Prindle Scott1877-1932American author, lecturer, educator and composer of art songs
- Lillian Belle Sage1870-1915American teacher, biologist and geologist
- Samuel A. Jones1861-1937American politician
- Daniel Wagner1802-1888American miniaturist active in Utica in 1839
- Janet Hill Gordon1915-1990American politician in New York
Show all 15 notable burials
- Maria Louisa Wagner1815-1888Maria Louisa Wagner
- Volunteer weather observer for meteorological project (1848-1873) of the Smithsonian Institution
- Ralph Miner Prentice1813-1840Baptist minister
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
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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
- Harris CemeteryNorwich, NYCemetery1.6 mi
- Saint Pauls CemeteryNorwich, NYCemetery2.5 mi
- Norwich CemeteryNorwich, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- Mason - Packer CemeteryOxford, NYCemetery3.9 mi
- Packer - Mason CemeteryNorwich, NYCemetery4.0 mi
- Slater CemeteryNorwich, NYCemetery4.1 mi
- South Plymouth CemeteryNorwich, NYCemetery4.3 mi
- Plasterville CemeteryNorwich, NYCemetery4.7 mi
- Blackman CemeteryOxford, NYCemetery5.0 mi
- North Guilford CemeteryNorwich, NYCemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Hope Cemetery
- Wilson Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Norwich · (607) 336-3993
- R.J. Fahy Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Norwich · (607) 334-8833
- Behe Funeral Home Inc6.4 miFuneral home · Oxford · (607) 843-6888
- Burgess & Tedesco Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Sherburne · (607) 674-6740
- Dakin Funeral Home LP12 miFuneral home · New Berlin · (607) 847-6231
- Johnston & Stanimer Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Morris · (607) 263-5795
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