Mount Olivet Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)

Mount Olivet Cemetery
Mount Olivet Cemetery
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Established1858
Location
Ivy City,
Washington, D.C.
CountryUnited States
Coordinates38°54′41″N 76°58′46″W / 38.911372°N 76.979449°W / 38.911372; -76.979449
Typeprivate
Owned byArchdiocese of Washington
Size85 acres (340,000 m2)[1]
No. of gravesMore than 180,000 (as of November 2019)[2]
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Mount Olivet Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 1300 Bladensburg Road, NE in Washington, D.C. It is maintained by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. The largest Catholic burial ground in the District of Columbia, it was one of the first in the city to be racially integrated.

  1. ^ Totland, Colton. "Washington's Historic Cemeteries: Where the Nation's Past Lives." Washington Times. August 9, 2012.
  2. ^ "Her life was in the purse she left on Metro. Would she ever see it again?". The Washington Post. 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2022-01-17.