About Mound View Cemetery
Mound View Cemetery is a cemetery near Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio. It lies about 0.8 mi south of Mount Vernon. The grounds sit at about 1,112 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 19 notable people buried here, including Columbus Delano, Dan Emmett and Jesse B. Thomas. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057854. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Calvary Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Snyder Funeral Homes Flowers Chapel in Mt Vernon, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Knox County, and 45 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 81 listings in Knox County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mount Vernon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mound View Cemetery
Among them: 8 US representatives, 2 writers, 1 baseball player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 journalist, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 musician, 1 US senator.
- Columbus Delano1809-1896American politician
- Dan Emmett1815-1904American entertainer and composer
- Jesse B. Thomas1777-1853American politician
- George W. Morgan1820-1893Union Army general, politician
- Charles F. West1895-1955American politician
- Vaughan Kester1869-1911U.S. novelist
- William C. Cooper1832-1902Mayor, lawyer, legislator, DA,
- William Fletcher Sapp1824-1890American politician
- Frank H. Hurd1840-1896American politician
- John K. Miller1819-1863American politician
- Robert C. Kirk1821-1898American politician
- Edgar McNabb1865-1894Major League Baseball player
Show all 19 notable burials
- William R. Sapp1804-1875American politician
- Cornelius C. Howell1848-1902American businessman and politician
- Barney Davis1827-1912
- George Ward Foote1852-1924
- Glora May Wysner1898-1991American Methodist minister and missionary
- Hiram Davis1825-1905
- Joseph Slocum Davis1812-1884
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mound View 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 Mound View 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
- Mount Calvary CemeteryMount Vernon, OHCemetery0.1 mi
- Skeen CemeteryMount Vernon, OHCemetery1.2 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryMount Vernon, OHCemetery3.0 mi
- Memorial Gardens CemeteryGambier, OHMemorial park3.3 mi
- Morris CemeteryMount Vernon, OHCemetery3.7 mi
- Ebenezer CemeteryApple Valley, OHCemetery3.9 mi
- Liberty Chapel CemeteryMount Vernon, OHChurch cemetery4.2 mi
- Kenyon CemeteryGambier, OHCemetery4.9 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryGambier, OHCemetery4.9 mi
- Pike CemeteryApple Valley, OHCemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Mound View Cemetery
- Snyder Funeral Homes Flowers Chapel0.9 miFuneral home · Mt Vernon · (740) 392-6956
- Snyder Funeral Homes, Dowds Chapel1.5 miFuneral home · Mt Vernon · (740) 393-1076
- Lasater Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Mount Vernon · (740) 392-0005
- Snyder Funeral Homes2.4 miFuneral home · Mt Vernon · (740) 393-2866
- Roberts Funeral Home3.4 miFuneral home · Mount Vernon · (740) 392-6766
- Snyder Funeral Homes6.2 miFuneral home · Fredericktown · (740) 694-4006
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