Cedar County, Iowa
Cemetery Index

Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have. - Benjamin Franklin

Information on cemeteries may be found from STONES AND SITES, GRAVES OF CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA, 1836 -1986,
researched & published by the Cedar County Historical Society in 1986.

Check out listings from WPA - Work Projects Administration, 1930's Graves Registration Survey.
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CEMETERY Township Latitude Longitute Directions Notes
Achey (also known as Wentzel) Linn       See Wentzel Cemetery.
Andre (also known as Bell) Pioneer 41.927ºN 91.365ºW View Map Located on a hill on the north side of an east/west gravel road in Sec. 7 Pioneer Twp. on the Cedar-Linn County line. (To reach the cemetery, take highway 30 west of Mechanicsville to Adams Avenue. Turn right on Adams and go about one-half mile, turn left, and the cemetery is on the right side of the road.) ~ Page 365.
Ayersville (also known as Moneka) Inland       See Moneka Cemetery.
Bethel (also known as Sand Hill) Center 41.650ºN 91.156ºW   This cemetery is located northwest of Tipton in Sec. 27 of Center Twp West. (To get to the cemetery, take county road F28 west of Tipton to Jefferson Avenue, and go about one-half mile to the right. The site is on the west side of a gravel road.) ~ Page 379.
Bolton Center 41.733ºN 91.083ºW View Map This Bolton family burying ground is located in Sec. 16 of Center Twp. East. It is not listed in WPA records. ~ Page 365.
Bradley Family Burial Site Center 41.738ºN 91.102ºW View Map There is believed to have been a family plot on the south half of Sec. 17 of Center Twp. For the burial of a family that died of diptheria. There are no grave markers.
Brink Massillon 41.921ºN 90.990ºW View Map Located in the NW comer of Sec 8, Massillon Twp. [This is a private and abandoned cemetery.] ~ Page 365.
Burnett Burial Site Iowa 41.668ºN 91.183ºW View Map Legend indicates the possibility of a few graves in the eastern part of Sec. 18 where the Old Muscatine Road joins with a road from the west.
Cass Cass 41.791ºN 91.258ºW View Map A half-acre of land near Shawver Cemetery is seen on 1872 and 1885 atlases. In 1864 the tract of land was dedicated to the public for a cemetery. In 1898 the cemetery was declared abandoned. Court records say that all bodies of people who had been inerred there had been moved to another cemetery. Shawver Cemetery is the most likely for such reinterments.
Cedar County Care Facility (also known as County Home) Center       See County Home Cemetery.
Center Massillon 41.902ºN 90.956ºW View Map This site is in the NW comer of Sec. 22 of Massillon Twp., on the east side of a dirt road. The last known burial was in 1913. ~ Page 373.
Centerville Sugar Creek 41.680ºN 91.077ºW View Map This is the burial ground of Jonathan and Sydny Morgan. Sydny died in 1837. Hers is the oldest marked grave in Cedar County.~ Page 366.
Chamness Springdale 41.659ºN 91.318ºW View Map In the Section 9 of Springdale Twp. on the south side of county road F44, lies the grave of John Mercer 1908-1938. A 4' by 8' enclosure surrounds the site. Not listed in WPA records.
Clarence Dayton 41.897ºN 91.061ºW View Map This cemetery is located about one-half mile north of the town of Clarence, Sec. 22 Dayton Twp. [Well cared for.]
Clear Creek (also known as Union) Pioneer       See Union Cemetery.
County Home (also known as Cedar County Care Facility) Center 41.797ºN 91.139ºW View Map This cemetery is on the east side of the entrance drive to the care facility campus in Sec. 25 Center Twp. West. (To reach the cemetery, go west on Ninth Street in Tipton to Logan Avenue, turn right on Logan and the cemetery is 1 1/2 miles north on Logan at the junction with 205th St.) [Well cared for.] Listed in WPA Records simply as County Home. ~ Page 366
Dayton Valley Dayton 41.932ºN 91.021ºW View Map Located in Sec. 12 Dayton Twp.
Downey Springdale 41.612ºN 91.318ºW View Map This cemetery is located in Sec 28 Springdale Twp. (To reach the cemetery, take X30 south from West Branch to F56. The site is l 1/2 miles to the left on F56.) [Well cared for.] There is a Downey Cemetery listed in WPA record as being located in Sec. 33 and abandoned in 1937. ~ Page 367.
Dunfee Burial Site Iowa 41.626ºN 91.183ºW View Map Located in Sec. 22 of Iowa Twp.
Durant Durant 41.596ºN 90.897ºW View Map The town cemetery is at the southeast comer of the Durant. (It is located to the right as you drive east on highway 6.) [Well cared for.] ~ Page 367. The cemetery land actually sits in Muscatine County.
East Fork (also known as Ross) Center       See Ross Cemetery.
Elliott Parr Grove Massillon 41.844ºN 90.945ºW View Map From the Cedar County Historical Review August 1959, published by the Cedar County Historical Society. Page 16: By the Hoover Highway, (county road Y14), three miles southwest of Lowden, a United States flag flutters in the breeze above a grave. A government headstone marks the soldier's resting place. About the graveyard is a high wire fence. Inscribed on the stone is "Elliott Parr, Company K, 3 5th Iowa Infantry. Elliott Parr was a son of Old Billy Parr, as he was known back in Ohio and later in Cedar County where he with fifty others came in 1848 to build homes. This son with four others went to war. He came back to Old Billy unscratched. But the smallpox epidemic of 1867 struck the county and Elliott Parr died. Residents of the section were terrified and refused to allow smallpox victims' burial in Van Horn Cemetery, the only burial ground in the vicinity. I have enough land of my own, said Old Billy Parr, My son was a good soldier. He can have a cemetery of his own. So Old Billy set aside this quarter acre and deeded it to Cedar County. There he buried his son. The government placed the headstone years ago.
Eureka Center 41.736ºN 91.0168ºW View Map The Eureka Cemetery and Church were located in Sec. 13 of Center Twp. East. The stones seem to have been removed in the same time period as the church building.
Evergreen (also known as Evergreen Hill & Gunsolus Cemetery) Cass 41.787ºN 91.331ºW View Map Located on the right side of F28 one mile west of the Cedar River at Cedar Bluff, in Sec. 32 of Cass Twp. (To reach it, take F28 west out of Tipton.) [Well cared for.] ~ Page 368.
Fairland (also known as Hanna-Fairland) Center       See Hann-Fairland Cemetery.
Fairview Cemetery Springdale 41.816ºN 90.986ºW View Map Located in Sec. 20 Springfield Twp. (To reach the site, go east of Tipton on highway 130 to Y14 near Bennett; turn left, and go to 195th Street, go left on 195th about one-half mile. The site is about one-half mile off the road to the right.) ~ Page 368.
Farmington Farmington 41.677ºN 90.986ºW View Map This church cemetery in the northwest comer of Sec. 5 of Farmington Twp., was listed in the 1872 Cedar County Atlas. No stones or trace marks the site today.
Goodale Center 41.722ºN 91.155ºW View Map Located in Section 23 of Center Twp. West. ~ Page 369.
Grays Ford Iowa 41.62245ºN 91.222ºW View Map High above the Cedar River, this burial ground lies astride the north section line of the NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 29 of Iowa Twp. No stones were found. Gray Cemetery is listed in WPA records as being in Sec. 28 and abandoned in 1937.
Gunsolus (also known as Evergreen / Evergreen Hill Cemetery) Cass       See Evergreen Cemetery.
Hanna-Fairland (also known as Fairland Cemetery) Center 41.714ºN 91.026ºW View Map This cemetery is on the southern border os Sec. 24 Center Twp. East. (To reach the cemetery, take highway 130 east of Tipton to Quincy Avenue (X64). Turn right on Quincy, and go south ot 260th Street. Turn left on 260th 1 1/2 miles.) [Well cared for.] ~ Page 369.
Healy / Healey Rochester 41.600ºN 91.098ºW View Map This cemetery is in Sec. 32 of Rochester Twp. (To reach the cemetery, take Iowa Highway 38 south of Tipton. Continue south of Interstate 80 on X54. The site is on a hill on the left of X54.) [Well cared for.] ~ Page 369.
Hebron Rochester 41.6222465ºN 91.120ºW   This cemetery is in Sec. 30 of Rochester Twp. [Well cared for.] ~ Page 369.
Hickory Grove Springdale 41.663ºN 91.307ºW View Map This cemetery lies in Sec. 10 Springdale Twp. (To reach the site, take 290th Street (F44) east from West Branch to Delta Avenue, turn right on Delta, and it is about 3/4 of a mile to the cemetery, which is located on the east side of the gravel road across from Scattergood School.) [Well care for but many of the older stones are sinking. Many of the small stones have initials only on them, a testament to the Quaker's simplistic way of life.] ~ Page 370.
Honey Grove Gower 41.716ºN 91.327ºW View Map Located in Sec 21 of Gower Twp. (To reach the site, take X30north out of West Branch to 260th St., turn right and go one mile. The cemetery is on the left side of the road.) [Well cared for.] Page 370.
Hoover Springdale       Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch.
Howard Gower 41.748ºN 91.291ºW View Map Located in Sec. 10 of Gower Twp. It is located in a timber on a high plateau overlooking the Red Cedar River. This cemetery was abandoned before 1937. ~ Page 370.
Inland Inland 41.759ºN 90.928ºW View Map Located in Sec. 2 of Inland Twp., northeast of the town of Bennett. (To reach the site, take Highway 130 east of Bennett to Washington Avenue. Turn left on Washington, go one mile to 230th St., turn right and go about 1/2 mile.) [Well cared for.]
Kisor / Kaiser Center 41.747ºN 91.175ºW View Map An abandoned and forgotten cemetery with mostly fragments of monuments on the surface today (1986). It lies in a timbered area, on the south side of an east/west gravel road in Sec. 10 of Center Twp. West. Not listed in 1937 WPA records.
Kuhlman Center       Listed in WPA records as being located in Center Twp., Sec, 26. No other information.
Lime City (also known as Munn, Scott & Osage Cemetery) Sugar Creek 41.644ºN 91.071ºW View Map Located in Sec. 15 Sugar Creek Twp. [Well cared for.] ~ Page 371.
Lowden Springfield 41.866ºN 90.929ºW View Map Located 1/4 mile north of the town of Lowden, in Sec 35 of Springfield Twp. There are two cemeteries that are at this site: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery lies to the west of this cemetery, and a common driveway connects them.
Mason (also known as Wallick Cemetery) Linn 41.820ºN 91.311ºW View Map This cemetery is located in Sec. 16 of Linn Twp. It lies west off a gravel road, and you must go down a wooded lane over a wooden bridge to reach the grave sites. (To locate the cemetery, take highway X40 south out of Mechanicsville. to county road F 1 4, go right on F 14 to Delta Avenue, turn left, and go 2 3/4 miles on Delta.) [Well cared for.] ~ Page 372.
Masonic (also known as Old Town) Center 41.759ºN 91.151ºW View Map This cemetery is located southwest of Tipton on county road F 36. [Well cared for.] According to WPA records, graves from the Tipton Cemetery were moved to the Masonic Cemetery sometime before the 1930s. See Old Town. ~ Page 374.
Massillon Massillon 41.915ºN 90.920ºW View Map This cemetery is Section 14. [Well cared for.] ~ Page 373.
Matthews Center 41.733ºN 91.236ºW View Map Listed in WPA records as being in Sec. 18 of Center Twp.
Moneka (also known as Ayersville) Inland 41.685ºN 91.010ºW View Map This small cemetery is on the southern border of Sec.31, Inland Twp. [Well cared for.] ~ Page 373.
Mount Zion Center 41.734ºN 91.178ºW View Map This cemetery is located in Sec 15 of Center Twp. West. (To reach the site, take county road F 36 southwest of Tipton to Jackson Ave., turn left, and go about 1 mile.) [Well cared for.] ~ Page 375.
Munn (also known as Lime City, Osage & Scott) Suger Creek       see Line City Cemetery.
North Liberty Iowa 41.685ºN 91.229ºW View Map Located in Sec. 32 of Iowa Twp. [Well cared for.] ~ Page 375.
Ochiltree Center 41.687ºN 91.055ºW View Map This private cemetery is located in Sec. 34 of Center Twp. East, southeast of Tipton. ~ Page 375.
Old Friends Cemetery (also known as West Branch Friends and Friends Village Cemetery) Springdale 41.673ºN 91.346ºW View Map Located in Sec. 6. in the town of West Branch.
Old Town (also known as Tipton Cemetery) Center       This was Tipton's first cemetery. It was located where the Tipton Community School now stands on east Sixth St. After the Masonic Cemetery was opened in 1862, burials in this cemetery declined in number, and reburials were eventually made in the Masonic Cemetery. ~ Page 375.
Onion Grove Cemetery (historical) Dayton 41.9111ºN 91.047ºW View Map This small early burial ground is located 2 3/4 miles north of Clarence in Sec. 14 Dayton Twp. 1930s-era WPA records record it as abandoned. ~ Page 376.
Osage Sugar Creek       See Lime City Cemetery.  
Owen Center       1930s-era WPA records list it in Center Twp., Sec. 8. No other information.
Pee Dee / Peede Iowa 41.670ºN 91.214ºW View Map This cemetery is located in Sec. 8 of Iowa Twp. on Cedar County Road F44 east of Springdale. The cemetery is on the south side of the road and well kept. ~ Page 376.
Pioneer Cemetery Pioneer 41.927ºN 91.274ºW View Map This land-locked cemetery is located in Sec. 11 of Pioneer Twp., about two miles northwest of Mechanicsville, just north of county road X4F. Access requires crossing private property. ~ Page 376
Plato United Brethren Gower       Abandoned. Located in Section 17 of Gower Twp. ~ Page 292
Red Oak (also known as Shiloh Cemetery) Red Oak 41.836ºN 91.157ºW View Map This cemetery is located in Sec. 11 of Red Oak Twp. (To reach the cemetery, take Iowa Highway 38 north of Tipton to county road F16, turn left and go about two miles, and you will find the Red Oak Presbyterian Church and the cemetery.) [Well cared for.] ~ Page 376.
Richmann Springfield       Abandoned. This cemetery is located in Sec 13 of Springfield Twp. The cemetery is located southeast of Lowden. (To reach the site, go south of Lowden on Y14 to a intersection; turn left and go to Yankee Avenue. Turn right and go 1/2 mile, turn left. Access is through private property.) ~ Page 377.
Rochester Rochester       Located in Section 12 of Rochester Twp. (To reach the site, take Iowa Highway 38 south of Tipton to Cemetery Road, turn right and go about 1/2 mile.) There are burials on both sides of the road. Prairie grass and wildflowers grow here, making it difficult to find many of the graves. ~ Page 377.
Rose Hill Pioneer 41.909ºN 91.259ºW View Map This cemetery is located on thenorthwest edge of the town of Mechanicsville. [Well cared for.] Page 378.
Ross (also known as East Fork) Center 41.688ºN 91.037ºW View Map This cemetery is located in Sec. 35 of Center Twp. East. (One travels a grassy lane through a field west of a gravel road. To reach the site, go east of Tipton on highway 130 to county road X64, turn right, and go about 4 miles on X64 to 260th St. Turn left to Rose Avenue, go about 1 1/2 miles.)
Saint Johns Dayton 41.889ºN 91.032ºW View Map This cemetery is located east of Clarence in Sec. 24 of Dayton Twp.
Saint Josephs Gower 41.729ºN 91.266ºW View Map Located in Cedar Valley.
Saint Marys Center 41.755ºN 91.151ºW View Map This cemetery is located south of the Tipton Masonic Cemetery, southwest of Tipton. (To get to the cemetery, take county road F36 (on the south side of town) to Lemon Avenue. Take a left on Lemon and you will be at the cemetery.) [Well cared for.] ~ Page379.
Sand Hill Center 41.791ºN 91.182ºW View Map  
Scott (also known as Munn, Lime City and Osage Cemetery) Sugar Creek       See Lime City Cemetery.
Sharon Sugar Creek 41.623ºN 91.026ºW View Map This site is in Sec. 25 of Sugar Creek Twp. southeast of Tipton. (To get to the cemetery, take Iowa Highway38 south of Tipton to its intersection with county road F44.Turn left on F44 to theintersection with county road X64. Turn right on X64, and go to theintersectionwith Y14; turn left and go about 3/4 mile on the gravel road. The site is on the left side of the road.) ~ Page 380.
Shawver Cass 41.788ºN 91.288ºW View Map This cemetery is located on county road F28 west of Tipton in Sec 26 of Cass Twp. The entrance is on the west side of the cemetery on the gravel road. It is bordered on the south by the county road. ~ Page 380.
Sheldon (also known as Wright) Center       See Wright Cemetery.
Shiloh (also known as Red Oak) Red Oak       See Red Oak Cemetery.
South Bethel Sugar Creek 41.676ºN 91.082ºW View Map This site is behind the South Bethel Church in Sec. 4 of Sugar Creek Twp. (To reach the location, take Iowa Highway 38 south of Tipton to its intersection with county road F44. Turn left and go to county road X52; turn left, and travel about 1/2 mile to the church and cemetery.) [Well cared for.] ~ Page 380.
Springdale (also known as Springdale Friends) Springdale 41.679ºN 91.258ºW View Map This cemetery is located north of the village of Springdale in Sec. 1 of Springdale Twp. (To reach the site, take highway 38 south of Tipton to the intersection with county road F44. Turn right and go to the village of Springdale, and turn right (north) on Fox Avenue. The cemetery is a short distance up the gravel road.) [Well cared for.] Springdale was an early Quaker Community. ~ Page 380.
Stanwood Fremont 41.881ºN 91.151ºW View Map This town cemetery in Sec. 25 of Fremont Twp. is easily located by taking the gravel road (Lemon Ave.) that is at the intersection of highways 30 and 38 at the west edge of the town. Go south about 1 1/2 miles.[Well cared for.] ~ Page 381.
Sugar Creek Sugar Creek 41.669ºN 91.034ºW View Map This site is in Sec. 12 of Sugar Creek Twp. There are no visible graves at the location. When the road was widened in 1966, the remains of those buried there were removed to Sharon and/or other cemeteries. ~ Page 381.
Tipton (also known as Saint Marys) Center       See Saint Marys Cemetery.
Trinity Lutheran Springfield 41.866ºN 90.929ºW View Map Located 1/4 mile north of the town of Lowden on Y20, in Sec 35 of Springfield Twp. There are two cemeteries at this site: this cemetery lies to the west of Lowden Cemetery and a common driveway connects them. Both are well maintained. ~ Page 372.
Union Pioneer 41.875ºN 91.336ºW View Map This cemetery is located on the south side of a gravel road in Sec. 29 of Pioneer Twp. (To reach the site, take highway 30 west of Mechanicsville to Charles Ave., go to the left on Charles to 145th St. Turn right on 145th and go about 3/4 mile.) ~ Page 366.
Van Horn Springfield 41.844ºN 90.935ºW View Map This cemetery is located in Sec. 11 of Springfield Twp., southwest of Lowden.[Well cared for.] ~ Page 381.
Virginia Grove Center 41.752ºN 91.083ºW View Map Abandoned. This rural cemetery in Sec. 9 of Center Twp. East. There are very few stones remaining. Page 381.
Wallick (also known as Mason) Linn       See Mason Cemetery.
Wentzel (also known as Achey Cemetery) Linn       An abandoned graveyard located on the eastern border of Sec. 10 in Linn Twp. ~ Page 365.
West Bethel Iowa       This cemetery is located in Sec 14 of Iowa Twp. (To reach the cemetery, take highway 38 south of Tipton to county road F44, turn fight and after crossing the Cedar River bridge at Rochester, turn left on Atalissa Road, go to 305th St., and turn right. The site is about one-half mile down the road.[Well cared for.] ~ Page 382
West Branch Cemetery Springdale 41.677ºN 91.350ºW View Map Located in the Town of West Branch. This was the new cemetery established by the Friends in 1880.
West Branch Friends (also known as Old Friends and Friends Village Cemetery) Springdale       See Old Friends Cemetery.
Whitmer Sugar Creek 41.672ºN 91.056ºW View Map This cemetery is located in Sec 3 of Sugar Creek Twp. Entrance requires driving through private property. (To reach Sec. 3 of the Twp., take highway 3 8 south of Tipton to county road F44, turn left, and go about 2/12 miles. Inquire at a homestead for access.) [Well cared] ~ Page 382.
Wood Bridge Center 41.764ºN 91.229ºW View Map This site is located in Sec. 5 of Center Twp. West. (To reach the site, take county road F28 west of Tipton to Hayes Ave. Turn left on Hayes, and go about 1/12 miles.) [Well cared for.] ~ Page 382.
Wright Center 41.757ºN 91.035ºW View Map This cemetery is in Sec. 11 of Center Twp. (East). (To reach the cemetery, take highway 130 east of Tipton to county road X64, go one mile, turn left on 230th St. and you will find the site one mile east at the intersection of 230th and Rose Ave.) Also known as Sheldon. [Well cared for.] ~ Page 383.
York Prairie Center 41.771ºN 91.025ºW View Map This cemetery is located 4 1/2 miles east of Tipton on highway 130 on the right side of the highway. It is in Sec. 1 of Center Twp. East. 1930s-era WPA records show it as abandoned. ~ Page 383.
Zion Church Cemetery   41.830ºN 90.907ºW View Map USGS different from Mount Zion Cemetery.

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