Cemetery Index
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| Cedar County, Iowa Cemetery Index |
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Check out listings from WPA - Work Projects Administration, 1930's Graves Registration Survey.
WPA Index for Cedar County . To search other Iowa counties click here.
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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 | 41.927 | -91.365 | View Map | Located in Sec. 7 Pioneer Twp. on the Cedar-Linn County line. |
| Ayersville (also known as Moneka) | Inland | See Moneka Cemetery. | |||
| Bethel | Center | See West Bethel Cemetery. | |||
| Bolton | Center | 41.733 | -91.083 | View Map | This Bolton family burying ground is located in Sec. 16 of Center Twp. East. |
| Bradley Family Burial Site | Center | 41.738 | -91.102 | 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 | 41.921 | -90.990 | View Map | Located in the NW comer of Sec 8, Massillon Twp. |
| Burnett Burial Site | Iowa | 41.668 | -91.183 | 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 | 41.791 | -91.258 | 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 (also known as Massillon Center Cemetery) | Massillon | 41.90 | -90.956 | View Map | This site is in the NW comer of Sec. 22 of Massillon Twp. |
| Centerville | Sugar Creek | 41.680 | -91.077 | 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 | 41.659 | -91.318 | 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 | 41.897 | -91.061 | View Map | This cemetery is located about one-half mile north of the town of Clarence, Sec. 22 Dayton Twp. |
| Clear Creek (also known as Union) | Pioneer | See Union Cemetery. | |||
| County Home (also known as County Poor Farm and Cedar County Care Facility) | Center | 41.797 | -91.139 | View Map | Located in Sec. 25. |
| Dayton Valley | Dayton | 41.932 | -91.021 | View Map | Located in Sec. 12 Dayton Twp. |
| Downey | Springdale | 41.612 | -91.318 | View Map | This cemetery is located in Sec 28 Springdale Twp. There is a Downey Cemetery listed in WPA records as being located in Sec. 33 and abandoned in 1937. |
| Dunfee Burial Site | Iowa | 41.626 | -91.183 | View Map | Located in Sec. 22 of Iowa Twp. |
| Durant | Fulton Twp., Muscatine County | 41.596 | -90.897 | View Map | Town of Durant is Farmington Township, Cedar County. It's cemetery is located at the southeast corner of it over in Muscatine County. When researching those buried in Durant Cemetery. Remeber to check Cedar and Muscatine Counties for family histories and obituaries. |
| East Fork (also known as Ross) | Center | See Ross Cemetery. | |||
| Elliott Parr Grove | Massillon | 41.844 | -90.945 | View Map | By the Hoover Highway (Y14), three miles southwest of Lowden. Burial site of Elliott Parr, Civil War Veteran. |
| Eureka | Center | 41.736 | -91.0168 | 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 | 41.787 | -91.331 | View Map | Located in Sec. 32 of Cass Twp. |
| Fairland (also known as Hanna-Fairland) | Center | See Hanna-Fairland Cemetery. | |||
| Fairview Cemetery | Springfield | 41.816 | -90.986 | View Map | Located in Sec. 20 Springfield Twp. |
| Farmington | Farmington | 41.677 | -90.986 | 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. |
| Friends Villiage Cemetery (also known as Old Friends Cemetery and West Branch Friends Cemetery) | Springdale | 41.673 | -91.346 | View Map | Located in Sec. 6. in the town of West Branch. |
| Goodale | Center | 41.722 | -91.155 | View Map | Located in Section 23 of Center Twp. West. |
| Grays Ford | Iowa | 41.62245 | -91.222 | 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 | 41.714 | -91.026 | View Map | This cemetery is on the southern border os Sec. 24 Center Twp. East. |
| Healy / Healey | Rochester | 41.600 | -91.098 | View Map | This cemetery is in Sec. 32 of Rochester Twp. |
| Hebron | Rochester | 41.6222465 | -91.120 | This cemetery is in Sec. 30 of Rochester Twp. | |
| Hickory Grove (also known as Scattergood or Friends Cemetery | Springdale | 41.663 | -91.307 | View Map | This cemetery lies in Sec. 10 Springdale Twp. |
| Honey Grove | Gower | 41.716 | -91.327 | View Map | Located in Sec 21 of Gower Twp. |
| Hoover | Springdale | Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch. | |||
| Howard | Gower | 41.748 | -91.291 | View Map | Located in Sec. 10 of Gower Twp. It is located in a timber on a high plateau overlooking the Red Cedar River. |
| Inland | Inland | 41.759 | -90.928 | View Map | Located in Sec. 2 of Inland Twp. |
| Kisor / Kaiser | Center | 41.747 | -91.175 | 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 | 41.644 | -91.071 | View Map | Located in Sec. 15 Sugar Creek Twp. |
| Lowden | Springfield | 41.866 | -90.929 | 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 | 41.820 | -91.311 | View Map | Located in Sec. 16 of Linn Twp. |
| Masonic (also known as Old Town) | Center | 41.759 | -91.151 | View Map | This cemetery is located southwest of Tipton. According to WPA records, graves from the Tipton Cemetery were moved to the Masonic Cemetery sometime before the 1930s. |
| Massillon | Massillon | 41.915 | -90.920 | View Map | Located in Section 14 of Massillon Twp. |
| Matthews | Center | 41.733 | -91.236 | View Map | Listed in WPA records as being in Sec. 18 of Center Twp. |
| Moneka (also known as Ayersville) | Inland | 41.685 | -91.010 | View Map | This small cemetery is on the southern border of Sec.31, Inland Twp. |
| Mount Zion | Center | 41.734 | -91.178 | View Map | Cemetery is located in Sec 15 of Center Twp. West. |
| Munn (also known as Lime City, Osage & Scott) | Suger Creek | see Lime City Cemetery. | |||
| North Liberty | Iowa | 41.685 | -91.229 | View Map | Located in Sec. 32 of Iowa Twp. |
| Ochiltree | Center | 41.687 | -91.055 | View Map | This private cemetery is located in Sec. 34 of Center Twp. East, southeast of Tipton. |
| Old Friends Cemetery (also known as Friends Village Cemetery and West Branch Friends Cemetery) | Springdale | 41.673 | -91.346 | View Map | See Friends Village Cemetery. |
| 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 | 41.9111 | -91.047 | 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 | 41.670 | -91.214 | View Map | This cemetery is located in Sec. 8 of Iowa Township. |
| Pioneer Grove Cemetery | Pioneer | 41.927 | -91.274 | View Map | Located in Section 11 in Pioneer Twp. |
| Plato United Brethren | Gower | Abandoned. Located in Section 17 of Gower Twp. | |||
| Red Oak (also known as Shiloh Cemetery) | Red Oak | 41.836 | -91.157 | View Map | Located in Section 11 of Red Oak Twp. |
| Richman | Springfield | 41.830 | -90.9077 | View Map | This abandoned cemetery is located in Sec 13 of Springfield Twp. |
| 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 | 41.909 | -91.259 | View Map | This cemetery is located on the northwest edge of the town of Mechanicsville. |
| Ross (also known as East Fork) | Center | 41.688 | -91.037 | View Map | Located in Sec. 35 of Center Twp. |
| Saint Johns | Dayton | 41.889 | -91.032 | View Map | This cemetery is located east of Clarence in Sec. 24 of Dayton Twp. |
| Saint Joseph | Gower | 41.729 | -91.266 | View Map | Located in Cedar Valley. |
| Saint Marys | Center | 41.755 | -91.151 | View Map | This cemetery is located southwest of Tipton. |
| Sand Hill (also known as Bethel) | Center | 41.791 | -91.182 | View Map | The cemetery is located west of Tipton in Sec. 27 of Center Twp. |
| Scott (also known as Munn, Lime City and Osage Cemetery) | Sugar Creek | See Lime City Cemetery. | |||
| Sharon | Sugar Creek | 41.623 | -91.026 | View Map | This site is in Sec. 25 of Sugar Creek Twp. southeast of Tipton. |
| Shawver | Cass | 41.788 | -91.288 | View Map | This cemetery is Sec. 26 of Cass Twp. |
| 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 | 41.676 | -91.082 | View Map | There used to be the South Bethel Church next to this cemetery in Sec. 4 of Sugar Creek Twp. |
| Springdale (also known as Springdale Friends) | Springdale | 41.679 | -91.258 | View Map | This cemetery is located north of the village of Springdale, an early Quaker community, in Sec. 1 of Springdale Twp. |
| Stanwood | Fremont | 41.881 | -91.151 | View Map | Stanwood Cemetery is in Sec. 25 of Fremont Twp. > |
| Sugar Creek | Sugar Creek | 41.669 | -91.034 | 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 | 41.866 | -90.929 | 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. |
| Union (also known as Clear Creek) | Pioneer | 41.875 | -91.336 | View Map | This cemetery is located in Sec. 29 of Pioneer Twp. |
| Van Horn | Springfield | 41.844 | -90.935 | View Map | Located in Sec. 11 of Springfield Twp., southwest of Lowden. |
| Virginia Grove | Center | 41.752 | -91.083 | View Map | This rural cemetery in Sec. 9 of Center Twp. East. There are very few stones remaining. |
| 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 (also known as Bethel Cemetery) | Iowa | 41.650 | -91.156 | View Map | This cemetery is located in Sec 14 of Iowa Twp. |
| West Branch Cemetery | Springdale | 41.677 | -91.350 | 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 | 41.672 | -91.056 | View Map | This cemetery is located in Sec 3 of Sugar Creek Twp. Entrance requires driving through private property. |
| Wood Bridge | Center | 41.764 | -91.229 | View Map | This site is located in Sec. 5 of Center Twp. West. |
| Wright | Center | 41.757 | -91.035 | View Map | This cemetery is in Sec. 11 of Center Twp. |
| York Prairie | Center | 41.771 | -91.025 | View Map | This cemetery is in Sec. 1 of Center Twp. East. |
| Zion Church Cemetery | 41.830 | -90.907 | View Map | USGS different from Mount Zion Cemetery. |