State of Iowa

Cemeteries in Iowa

Name: Cemeteries in Iowa
Creator: State of Iowa

Locations of historic cemeteries across Iowa, originally identified from USGS quad maps. Each record includes the cemetery's name, an alternate name if available, and its full address.

Example records

Namebrand	Alternate Namebrand	Full Addressaddress	Inventory Numberregistration	County Namegeographic	Cemetery Pointgeospatial
Brighton Cemetery	Marne Cemetery	.8 miles NE of Marne	15-00195	Cass	POINT (-95.10032409490904 41.46193737502047)
Hopeville Cemetery		At Hopeville	20-00121	Clarke	POINT (-93.98733911773074 40.945656099391144)
Onawa Cemetery		S side of Onawa	67-00723	Monona	POINT (-96.08964716635467 42.01924946765915)

Use cases

Title Plant and Property History Enrichment

A title insurance underwriter researching a rural Iowa parcel checks whether any historic cemetery falls within or adjacent to the property boundary, since undisclosed burial grounds can create encumbrances, cloud title, and trigger state preservation statutes that affect insurability.

Cemetery PointNameCounty NameFull AddressInventory Number

Rural Land Parcel Risk Screening for Agricultural Lenders

A farm credit analyst evaluating collateral for an agricultural loan overlays cemetery coordinates against parcel boundaries to flag land that may carry legal restrictions on development or tillage, which could reduce the liquidation value of the collateral in a default scenario.

Cemetery PointCounty NameNameInventory Number

Site Selection Conflict Detection for Infrastructure Developers

A utility or broadband infrastructure company planning rural Iowa routes uses cemetery locations to identify potential conflicts early in permitting, since disturbing a historic burial site triggers federal and state review processes that can delay or kill a project.

Cemetery PointFull AddressCounty NameNameAlternate Name