About Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery in Seattle, King County, Washington. The grounds sit at about 322 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 24 notable people buried here, including Jon Brower Minnoch, August Dvorak and Carlos Bulosan. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1506824. The nearest funeral home we know of is Butterworth Funeral Home – Arthur A. Wright Chapel in Seattle, about 0.0 mi away. It is one of 65 cemeteries we list in King County, and 23 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in King County dates to 1986. 13 of the 65 listings in King County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Among them: 3 journalists, 2 artists, 2 business leaders, 2 inventors and engineers, 2 writers, 1 football player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor.
- Jon Brower Minnoch1941-1983Heaviest ever recorded human
- August Dvorak1894-1975American scientist
- Carlos Bulosan1913-1956Filipino-American author, poet, migrant laborer, and activist who left the Philippines for Seattle in 1930
- John McGraw1850-1910American politician
- Lyman Enos Knapp1837-1904American politician (1837-1904); 3rd Governor of District of Alaska
- Orange Jacobs1827-1914American politician
- George F. Cotterill1865-1958American mayor
- Alexander Phimister Proctor1860-1950American artist
- Daniel Bagley1818-1905American clergyman
- George Ferrari1845-1895United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Catharine Paine Blaine1829-1908American suffragist, abolitionist, and schoolteacher
- Helen Norton Stevens1869-1943American journalist
Show all 24 notable burials
- Rufus Mayes1947-1990American football player
- Adolph F. Bechdolt1846-1938American football coach
- David Blaine1824-1900American clergyman
- Fannie Leake Cummings1853-1928American doctor, suffragist
- Hollon Richardson1835-1916American general
- Keith M. Callow1925-2008American judge
- Cora Rowena Cotterill1864-1936American temperance worker
- Frances Knapp1869-1965American author
- Frank Cashel1918-1991American politician
- Margaret Gerow1875-1942
- Mary Nettleton1911-1918American child
- Nellie Meacham Redington1858-1938
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Pleasant 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
47.64346, -122.36434
What Mount Pleasant 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
- Hills of Eternity Cemetery520 West Raye Street, Seattle, WAJewish cemetery0.0 mi
- Fort Lawton Military CemeteryDiscovery Park Boulevard, Seattle, WACemetery2.3 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic CemeterySeattle, WACemetery2.3 mi
- Lake View CemeterySeattle, WACemetery2.5 mi
- Crown Hill Cemetery8712 12th Avenue Northwest, Seattle, WACemetery3.5 mi
- Calvary CemeterySeattle, WACatholic cemetery3.8 mi
- Evergreen Washelli CemeteryShoreline, WACemetery4.7 mi
- Bikur Cholim CemeteryShoreline, WAJewish cemetery4.9 mi
- Evergreen Park CemeteryShoreline, WACemetery5.0 mi
- Forest Lawn Cemetery6701 30th Avenue Southwest, Seattle, WACemetery7.0 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Pleasant Cemetery
- Butterworth Funeral Home – Arthur A. Wright Chapel0.0 miFuneral home · Seattle
- Butterworth Funeral Home0.0 miFuneral home · Seattle · (206) 282-5500
- The Co-op Funeral Home Of People's Memorial0.6 miFuneral home · Seattle · (206) 529-3800
- Elemental Cremation & Burial1.3 miCremation provider · Seattle · (206) 357-1141
- Limitless Sea Burials1.9 miFuneral home · Seattle · (206) 944-5620
- Florence Henry Memorial Chapel2.1 miFuneral chapel · Seattle · (206) 682-1447
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Mount Pleasant Cemetery located?
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is at 520 West Raye Street, Seattle, WA 98119 in King County. GPS coordinates: 47.64346, -122.36434.
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