Mount Peace Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mount Peace Cemetery is a church cemetery near Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 3.5 mi south of Philadelphia. The grounds sit at about 135 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 28 notable people buried here, including Jimmy Young, John Sartain and Charles Edward Barber. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1181787. The nearest other listed cemetery is Church of St. James the Less Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fountain Funeral Home in Philadelphia, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 94 cemeteries we list in Philadelphia County, and 194 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 94 listings in Philadelphia County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Philadelphia. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 5 artists, 5 baseball players, 3 Medal of Honor recipients, 1 football player, 1 architect, 1 boxer, 1 business leader, 1 Civil War veteran.

• Jimmy Young1948-2005
  American boxer
• John Sartain1808-1897
  American engraver and publisher
• Charles Edward Barber1840-1917
  American engraver
• Joseph A. Bailly1826-1883
  French-born American sculptor
• Jack Lapp1884-1920
  Major League Baseball catcher
• Bill Haeffner1894-1982
  American baseball player and coach
• Horace Fogel1861-1928
  American baseball executive
• J. H. Haverly1837-1901
  American theatre manager
• John W. Comfort1844-1893
  United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
• John Weaver1861-1928
  American lawyer, politician; mayor of Philadelphia
• Thomas Brigham Bishop1835-1905
  American musician
• Uriah Smith Stephens1821-1882
  American activist

People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Peace 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.

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.

• Church of St. James the Less Cemetery

  Philadelphia, PA
  Episcopal cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Mount Vernon Cemetery

  Philadelphia, PA
  Church cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Laurel Hill Cemetery

  Philadelphia, PA
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Fairhill Cemetery

  Philadelphia, PA
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery

  Philadelphia, PA
  Lutheran cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Hood Cemetery

  Philadelphia, PA
  Cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Christ Church Hospital Burial Ground

  Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Church cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Germantown Friends Cemetery

  Wyndmoor, PA
  Quaker cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Saint Stephen's Methodist Cemetery

  Philadelphia, PA
  Methodist cemetery

  2.3 mi
• West Laurel Hill Cemetery

  Bala Cynwyd, PA
  Cemetery

  2.4 mi

• Fountain Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 223-9999
  0.8 mi
• McIlvaine Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 844-0211
  0.9 mi
• Turay Memorial Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Philadelphia · (215) 225-1100
  0.9 mi
• Dupree Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 763-5126
  0.9 mi
• Jason Lloyd Funeral Home Inc 1

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 278-2776
  1.2 mi
• Pennick Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Philadelphia · (215) 763-8919
  1.4 mi

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