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This list of cemeteries in Iowa includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
St. Boniface Catholic Church (Westphalia, Iowa) St. John's Lutheran Church (Hampton, Iowa) St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Bauer, Iowa) St. Michael's Catholic Church (Holbrook, Iowa) Sharon Cemetery Historic District; Slinde Mounds State Preserve; South Jordan Cemetery; Spring Creek Friends Cemetery
List of cemeteries in Iowa; C. Cedar Memorial; L. Linwood Cemetery (Dubuque) Logan Park Cemetery (Sioux City) M. Mount Calvary Cemetery (Davenport, Iowa)
O.C. Simonds was a landscape architect who laid out the rural cemetery and created a plan for plantings on the property, but it is unclear how closely the plan was followed. [2] An American Revolutionary War soldier who died in Lee County was reburied in the cemetery and a grave marker for him was erected in 1907 by an act of the Iowa General ...
Aspen Grove Cemetery was established in 1843. [2] The Aspen Grove Cemetery Association was approved by the Legislature of the Iowa Territory in December 1843 and they first met on January 3, 1844. [3] Charles Starker, the first president of the Cemetery Association, designed and laid out a large portion of the cemetery. [4]
A variety of grave marker styles are employed throughout the cemetery. Obelisks are prominent in Section 1 of the original City Cemetery. Large die, base, and cap granite and marble markers are found in the older sections of the cemetery. Pedestal markers are located in the older sections of both cemeteries.
The cemetery is a triangular piece of land located on Farm No. 1 with the graves arranged in rows at an angle. It is marked with an iron entrance gate with the words "Anamosa State Penitentiary Cemetery" across the top. It is surrounded by a white fence. The cemetery was listed as a historic site on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
Ottumwa Cemetery is a public cemetery located in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States. The entrance area of the cemetery forms a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. At the time of its nomination it was composed of four resources, which included two contributing buildings and two contributing structures.