About Elk Cemetery
Elk Cemetery is a cemetery near Alta, Buena Vista County, Iowa. It lies about 6.3 mi south of Alta. The grounds sit at about 1,480 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 456277. The nearest other listed cemetery is Plainview Cemetery, about 3.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Redig Funeral Home in Aurelia, about 7.3 mi away. It is one of 29 cemeteries we list in Buena Vista County, and 13 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Alta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.76413, -95.30973
What Elk 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
- Plainview CemeteryAlta, IACemetery3.2 mi
- Immanuel Lutheran CemeteryCherokee, IALutheran cemetery5.4 mi
- Scandinavian CemeteryAlta, IACemetery5.5 mi
- Woodlawn CemeteryAlta, IACemetery6.3 mi
- Little Sioux Valley CemeteryStorm Lake, IACemetery7.2 mi
- Saint Johannes CemeteryCherokee, IACemetery7.6 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryCherokee, IACemetery8.1 mi
- Daily Burial GroundCherokee, IACemetery8.4 mi
- Buena Vista Memorial Park CemeteryStorm Lake, IAMemorial park8.5 mi
- Barnes Township CemeteryStorm Lake, IAMunicipal cemetery9.3 mi
Funeral homes near Elk Cemetery
- Redig Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Aurelia · (712) 434-2281
- Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Homes & Cremation Center9.0 miFuneral home · Storm Lake · (712) 732-1911
- Sliefert Funeral Homes10 miFuneral home · Storm Lake · (712) 732-5010
- Sliefert Funeral Home & Cremation Center12 miFuneral home · Sioux Rapids · (712) 283-2100
- Boothby Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Cherokee · (712) 225-3496
- Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Cherokee · (712) 225-4886
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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