About Mount Wood Cemetery
Mount Wood Cemetery is a cemetery near Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It lies about 1.2 mi south of Wheeling. The grounds sit at about 978 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Simon Peter Hullihen and Thomas O. Edwards. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1543801. The nearest other listed cemetery is Peninsular Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wilson Funeral Home - Heslop Chapel in Martins Ferry, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 17 cemeteries we list in Ohio County, and 74 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wheeling. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Wood Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Simon Peter Hullihen1810-1857American dentist
- Thomas O. Edwards1810-1876American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Wood 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
40.08146, -80.72230
What Mount Wood 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
- Peninsular CemeteryWheeling, WVCemetery0.6 mi
- Walnut Grove CemeteryMartins Ferry, OHCemetery1.3 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryMartins Ferry, OHCemetery1.5 mi
- Riverview CemeteryMartins Ferry, OHCemetery1.6 mi
- Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy CemeteryWheeling, WVMilitary cemetery1.7 mi
- Gregg CemeteryWheeling, WVCemetery2.0 mi
- Weeks CemeteryMartins Ferry, OHCemetery2.2 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryWheeling, WVCemetery2.5 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryWheeling, WVCemetery2.7 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeteryWheeling, WVCemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Wood Cemetery
- Wilson Funeral Home - Heslop Chapel1.0 miFuneral home · Martins Ferry · (740) 633-1931
- Altmeyer Funeral Homes and Crematory1.1 miCremation provider · Wheeling · (304) 232-0330
- Keller Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Martins Ferry · (740) 633-2185
- Kepner's Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Wheeling · (304) 232-2732
- Randall L Gallagher Memorials Inc1.7 miMonument dealer · Bridgeport · (740) 635-1200
- Wilson Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Bridgeport · (740) 635-0651
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