About Whittemore Cemetery
Whittemore Cemetery is a cemetery near Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa. It lies about 8.9 mi east of Algona. The grounds sit at about 1,207 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1822726. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Pauls Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Oakcrest Funeral Services in Whittemore, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 41 cemeteries we list in Kossuth County, and 16 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.
Map
43.06658, -94.40924
What Whittemore 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
- Saint Pauls CemeteryAlgona, IACemetery0.9 mi
- Saint Michaels CemeteryAlgona, IACemetery1.6 mi
- Garfield Township CemeteryAlgona, IAMunicipal cemetery5.0 mi
- Saint Johns Lutheran CemeteryEmmetsburg, IALutheran cemetery6.2 mi
- Riverside CemeteryEmmetsburg, IACemetery6.5 mi
- Saint Lukes CemeteryEmmetsburg, IACemetery6.9 mi
- Lotts Creek Lutheran CemeteryAlgona, IALutheran cemetery7.0 mi
- Apostolic Christian CemeteryAlgona, IACemetery7.2 mi
- West Bend CemeteryAlgona, IACemetery7.7 mi
- Saint Johns Lutheran North CemeteryEmmetsburg, IALutheran cemetery8.7 mi
Funeral homes near Whittemore Cemetery
- Oakcrest Funeral Services0.7 miFuneral home · Whittemore · (515) 295-3731
- Harris Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · West Bend · (515) 887-2561
- Oakcrest Funeral Services8.8 miFuneral home · Algona · (515) 295-3731
- Lentz Funeral Homes8.9 miFuneral home · Algona · (515) 295-2622
- Martin Mattice Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Emmetsburg · (712) 852-4823
- Joyce Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Emmetsburg · (712) 852-2109
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