Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee

Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery near Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. It lies about 3.0 mi west of Nashville. The grounds sit at about 502 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 173 notable people buried here, including Edward Emerson Barnard, Cornelia Fort and John Bell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1294721. The nearest other listed cemetery is Calvary Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Mount Olivet Funeral Home & Cemetery in Nashville, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 121 cemeteries we list in Davidson County, and 74 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 121 listings in Davidson County have a phone number or website on record.

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

Among them: 25 Civil War veterans, 16 US representatives, 15 business leaders, 9 artists, 8 musicians, 7 football players, 7 governors, 6 US senators.

• Edward Emerson Barnard1857-1923
  American astronomer and astronomical photographer
• Cornelia Fort1919-1943
  American aviator
• John Bell1796-1869
  American lawyer and politician
• Felix Grundy1777-1840
  American politician
• Anne Dallas Dudley1876-1955
  American women's suffrage activist
• Jacob M. Dickinson1851-1928
  Confederate Army soldier
• William B. Bate1826-1905
  Confederate Army general
• Fred Rose1897-1954
  American music producer, publisher and songwriter
• Howell Edmunds Jackson1832-1895
  American jurist and politician
• Aaron V. Brown1795-1859
  American politician
• Henry S. Foote1804-1880
  American politician
• Neill S. Brown1810-1886
  American politician and diplomat, Governor of Tennessee

People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Olivet 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.

• Calvary Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Greenwood Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Greenwood Cemetary West

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Mount Ararat Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  0.9 mi
• John Buchanan Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Nashville City Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Municipal cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Whitsett Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Mill Creek Baptist Church Graveyard

  Nashville, TN
  Baptist cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Woodlawn Cemetery

  Nashville, TN
  Cemetery

  2.8 mi
• Woodlawn Roesch - Patton Memorial Park

  Oak Hill, TN
  Memorial park

  2.9 mi

• Mount Olivet Funeral Home & Cemetery

  Funeral home · Nashville · (615) 255-4193
  0.3 mi
• Hunt Memorials

  Monument dealer · Nashville · (615) 254-1206
  0.4 mi
• Music City Mortuary

  Mortuary · Nashville · (615) 244-2774
  2.4 mi
• Ellis Funeral Home & Cremation Service Nashville

  Funeral home · Nashville · (615) 255-5412
  2.5 mi
• Eastland Funeral Home & Cremation Service

  Funeral home · Nashville · (615) 227-9558
  2.6 mi
• Crawford Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Nashville · (615) 254-8200
  2.6 mi

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