Howard County IAGenWeb Project

Howard County, Iowa Cemeteries

Looking for volunteers who have cemetery transcripts to donate, have cemetery histories to contribute, and those willing to walk cemeteries and transcribe gravestones for Howard County. We would love to list your data on this page! Click here for directions to the various cemeteries. Click here to view the burial places of the Howard County veterans of the War of 1812, Spanish-American War, Civil War, and World War I .

The GNIS is from the Geographic Names Information System of the U. S. Geological Survey.
A click on the " X " in this column will take you to the corresponding GNIS page which provides the USGS data about the cemetery. On this page you may click on the GNIS in Google Map in the Mapping Services box. This will open a new window showing the exact location of the cemetery.

Cemetery	City	GNIS
Chester Hill Cemetery	Chester	X
Albion Township Cemetery	Cresco	X
Calvary Cemetery	Cresco	X
Cedar Hill Cemetery	Cresco	X
Holy Cross Cemetery	Cresco	X
Howard Center Township Cemetery	Cresco	X
New Oregon Township Cemetery	Cresco	X
Oak Lawn Cemetery	Cresco	X
Phillips Cemetery	Cresco	X
Calvary Cemetery	Elma	X
Howard Cemetery	Elma	X
St. Patricks Cemetery	Elma-West	X
Reckner Cemetery	Elma-West	X
Foreston Cemetery	Lime Springs	X
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	Lime Springs	X
Our Lady Of Lourdes Cemetery	Lourdes	X
Holy Trinity Cemetery	Protivin	X
Maple Leaf Cemetery	Saratoga	X
Saratoga Township Cemetery	Saratoga	X
Sigler Cemetery	Saratoga	X

Mitchell County, Iowa Cemeteries

Riceville is right on the border of Howard and Mitchell Counties and there numerous persons who lived in Howard County and buried in the cemeteries that are actually located in Mitchell County.

Cemetery	City	GNIS
Calvary Cemetery	Riceville	X
Jenkins Township Cemetery	Riceville	X
St. Peter's Cemetery	Riceville	X

Gravestone Photo Project

The IAGenWeb Gravestone Photo Project is a special project within our USGenWeb Project. Here is where our researchers contribute a photo of their ancestor(s) of Howard County cemeteries. If you have a photo of your ancestor(s) headstone, consider adding it to our special project. Click on the link below.

Work Project Administration-WPA
1930's Graves Registration Survey

For a description and history of the WPA Graves Registration Survey Program click here. To search Howard County or the entire State of Iowa cemetery database for your ancestors, click on the logo above.