Mount Olivet Cemetery (Wheat Ridge)

Mount Olivet Cemetery
Details
Established 1892
Location Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Country United States
Coordinates 39°46′55″N 105°08′42″W / 39.7820336°N 105.1449212°W / 39.7820336; -105.1449212Coordinates: 39°46′55″N 105°08′42″W / 39.7820336°N 105.1449212°W / 39.7820336; -105.1449212[1]
Type Roman Catholic
Owned by Archdiocese of Denver
Number of graves Over 120,000
Website http://www.mtolivetdenver.org/

Mount Olivet Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Archdiocese of Denver. The cemetery is located at 12801 W. 44th Avenue in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

History

Mount Olivet was consecrated on September 25, 1892.[2] The primary Denver cemetery until that time had been Prospect Hill Cemetery, southeast of the city. In 1890 the city designated those grounds to be turned into a park. The Catholic section of Prospect Hill Cemetery was then named Mount Calvary Cemetery, and over time the Catholic Church moved most of the remains of those buried in the Mount Calvary Cemetery to Mount Olivet Cemetery, and sold the land back to the city in 1950. Today that land is part of Cheesman Park and the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Notable burials

Mount Olivet Cemetery

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Olivet Cemetery
  2. ↑ "MT OLIVET". Retrieved 22 September 2013.


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