Mount Hope Cemetery (San Diego)


Mount Hope Cemetery is a municipal cemetery located at 3751 Market Street, San Diego, California, and gives its name to the neighborhood of Mount Hope. The cemetery is adjacent to Greenwood Memorial Park.

History

Founded in 1869, on what was then the outskirts of New Town, Mount Hope now covers approximately. The design of the cemetery is an example of a Rural cemetery, with architecture, art, and landscaping. The city of San Diego manages and maintains the entire cemetery, providing perpetual care to all burial sites. The rolling hills and grounds of Mount Hope Cemetery contain historically significant monuments to some of San Diego's most notable citizens, founding fathers, pioneers, and others.

Notable interments

There is one British Commonwealth war grave, of a Royal Air Force officer of World War I.