About Mount Hope Cemetery
Mount Hope Cemetery is a cemetery near Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota. It lies about 1.4 mi southwest of Watertown. The grounds sit at about 1,781 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 7 notable people buried here, including Arthur C. Mellette, Warren Green and Henry R. Pease. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1256563. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Wight and Comes Funeral Chapel in Watertown, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 32 cemeteries we list in Codington County, and 10 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Watertown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Hope Cemetery
Among them: 2 governors, 1 journalist, 1 US senator.
- Arthur C. Mellette1842-1896South Dakota politician
- Warren Green1869-1945American politician
- Henry R. Pease1835-1907Union Army officer, lawyer and businessman
- Jake Krull1938-2016South Dakota state senator and National Guard General
- Mark Wentworth Sheafe, Jr.1883-1949American politician
- Mark Wentworth Sheafe, Sr.1844-1930American politician
- Theodore Augustus Kingsbury1844-1889American politician
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
44.91635, -97.09895
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
- Saint Marys CemeteryWatertown, SDCemetery1.9 mi
- Mother of God Monastery CemeteryWatertown, SDCemetery3.1 mi
- Mother of God Monastery CemeteryWatertown, SDCemetery3.5 mi
- Schneider’s Grove CemeteryWatertown, SDCemetery7.3 mi
- Saint Joseph's Catholic CemeteryWatertown, SDCatholic cemetery8.4 mi
- Jellis GraveWatertown, SDCemetery8.5 mi
- Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran CemeteryWatertown, SDLutheran cemetery8.7 mi
- Holy Rosary CemeteryWatertown, SDCemetery8.9 mi
- Spooner Children GravesWatertown, SDCemetery9.1 mi
- Kampeska CemeteryWatertown, SDCemetery9.3 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Hope Cemetery
- Wight and Comes Funeral Chapel0.4 miFuneral chapel · Watertown · (605) 886-5876
- Crawford-Osthus Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services0.4 miFuneral chapel · Watertown · (605) 882-1516
- Crawford-Osthus Funeral Chapel19 miFuneral chapel · Hayti
- Crawford-Eng Funeral Home23 miFuneral home · Clear Lake · (605) 874-2291
- Houseman Family Funeral Home23 miFuneral home · Clear Lake · (605) 874-2291
- Geise Funeral Chapel - Lake Norden24 miFuneral chapel · Lake Norden · (605) 873-2211
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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