Wake County, NC - Mt. Hope Cemetery - Introduction

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2/4/2007

Mt. Hope Cemetery
1120 Fayetteville St.
Raleigh, NC 27601-2527

Mt. Hope Cemetery is owned by the city of Raleigh, and is administered by 
Raleigh Parks & Recreation Dept. Within this department the Cemetery 
Division operates and maintains Mt. Hope Cemetery as well other cemeteries 
located on park properties. Mt. Hope is a large and very beautiful cemetery, 
carefully maintained. It has been in existence since 1872, and contains 34.3 
acres (Wake Co. R.E. Data). Burial plots are available. 

Mt. Hope is located south of Raleigh at the intersection of Prospect Avenue 
and South Saunders Street, (Hwys. 70, 401, 50). The cemetery is barely 
visible from the highway. From Saunders Street:  Turn east on to Prospect 
Avenue to access the cemetery. Parking is available.

Records dating from 1937 were made available through the generosity of Mr. 
Wayne Schindler, City of Raleigh Parks Superintendent and Mr. Danny Morgan, 
Park Operations Supervisor, Cemetery Division. Records prior to 1937 were 
destroyed in a fire. No birth dates or death dates are recorded, names of 
the deceased and their burial dates are given. Plot locations are noted.

Coordinates: N   35° 45' 54" W  78°  38' 45"

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Mt. Hope Cemetery, which is the very large African-American Cemetery that came 
about when the section of Raleigh City Cemetery that was designated for 
African-Americans was declared full by the city fathers. 

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