About Mount Hope Cemetery
Mount Hope Cemetery is a cemetery near Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. It lies about 0.6 mi northeast of Raleigh. The grounds sit at about 276 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany and Gaston Alonzo Edwards. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 990416. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hillcrest Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Lightner Funeral Home & Cremations in Raleigh, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 137 cemeteries we list in Wake County, and 63 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 137 listings in Wake County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Raleigh. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Hope Cemetery
Among them: 1 architect, 1 writer.
- Sarah Louise Delany1889-1999African-American writer and activist
- Annie Elizabeth Delany1891-1995American dentist and activist
- Gaston Alonzo Edwards1875-1943American architect, educator, academic administrator
- James Harris1832-1891American politician
- James Lytle1901-1987American football coach
- Roger Demosthenes O'Kelly1880-1962American lawyer
- Nannette Logan Delany1861-1956Mother of the Delany sisters
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
35.76459, -78.64549
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
- Hillcrest CemeteryRaleigh, NCCemetery1.1 mi
- Dix Hospital CemeteryRaleigh, NCCemetery1.1 mi
- City CemeteryRaleigh, NCMunicipal cemetery1.3 mi
- Raleigh National Cemetery501 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh, NCNational cemetery1.5 mi
- Montlawn Memorial ParkRaleigh, NCMemorial park1.8 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryRaleigh, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Historic Oakwood Cemetery and MausoleumRaleigh, NCCemetery1.9 mi
- Oberlin CemeteryRaleigh, NCCemetery2.3 mi
- Emery Family CemeteryRaleigh, NCFamily cemetery2.8 mi
- Carolina Biblical GardensGarner, NCCemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Hope Cemetery
- Lightner Funeral Home & Cremations0.7 miCremation provider · Raleigh · (919) 833-1676
- Haywood Funeral Home Inc1.1 miFuneral home · Raleigh · (919) 832-2835
- Lori's Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Raleigh1.3 miFuneral home · Raleigh · (919) 832-0636
- Brown-Wynne Funeral Home & Crematory1.4 miCremation provider · Raleigh · (919) 828-4311
- National Cremation Service1.4 miCremation provider · Raleigh · (919) 235-3337
- Mitchell Funeral Homes and Crematory1.6 miCremation provider · Raleigh · (919) 832-3760
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