About Blackjar Lutheran Cemetery
Blackjar Lutheran Cemetery is a lutheran cemetery near Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa. It lies about 17 mi southeast of Algona. The grounds sit at about 1,224 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1925126. The nearest other listed cemetery is Seneca Township Cemetery, about 2.9 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Henry Olson Fuhrman Funeral in Armstrong, about 9.0 mi away. It is one of 41 cemeteries we list in Kossuth County, and 17 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Kossuth County dates to 1876.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Algona. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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43.27946, -94.40416
What Blackjar Lutheran Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Seneca Township CemeteryAlgona, IAMunicipal cemetery2.9 mi
- Saint Pauls Lutheran CemeteryAlgona, IALutheran cemetery3.7 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryAlgona, IACemetery4.0 mi
- Saint John Lutheran CemeteryEmmetsburg, IALutheran cemetery4.1 mi
- Memorial CemeteryEmmetsburg, IACemetery4.1 mi
- United Methodist CemeteryAlgona, IAMethodist cemetery5.2 mi
- Fenton Township CemeteryAlgona, IAMunicipal cemetery6.1 mi
- Swea Township CemeteryAlgona, IAMunicipal cemetery8.1 mi
- Lotts Creek Lutheran CemeteryAlgona, IALutheran cemetery8.3 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeteryEstherville, IACemetery8.8 mi
Funeral homes near Blackjar Lutheran Cemetery
- Henry Olson Fuhrman Funeral9.0 miFuneral home · Armstrong · (712) 864-3441
- Oakcrest Funeral Services15 miFuneral home · Whittemore · (515) 295-3731
- Oakcrest Funeral Services17 miFuneral home · Algona · (515) 295-3731
- Lentz Funeral Homes17 miFuneral home · Algona · (515) 295-2622
- Martin Mattice Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Emmetsburg · (712) 852-4823
- Joyce Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Emmetsburg · (712) 852-2109
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Frequently asked questions
Is Blackjar Lutheran Cemetery a Lutheran cemetery?
Our records list a Lutheran affiliation, based on its official name. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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