College Cemetery in Ames, Iowa

College Cemetery is a cemetery near Ames, Story County, Iowa. It lies about 1.8 mi east of Ames. Wikidata records 22 notable people buried here, including Adonijah Welch, Frank Spedding and Mary Beaumont Welch. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Grandon Funeral & Cremation in Ames, about 2.0 mi away. It is one of 57 cemeteries we list in Story County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ames. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 8 scientists, 1 architect, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 US senator, 1 writer.

• Adonijah Welch1821-1889
  American politician
• Frank Spedding1902-1984
  American chemist
• Mary Beaumont Welch1841-1923
  American educator and suffragist
• Harley A. Wilhelm1900-1995
  American metallurgist
• Karl A. Fox1917-2008
  American economist
• Seaman Asahel Knapp1833-1911
  American university administrator
• William Miller Beardshear1850-1902
  United Brethren minister and college president
• Robert Earle Buchanan1883-1973
  American bacteriologist
• Charles Allen Black1916-2002
  Agricultural scientist
• Edgar Williams Stanton1850-1920
  President of the Iowa Agricultural College
• Robert E. Rundle1915-1963
  American chemist and crystallographer
• Glen Russell1925-1998
  American chemist

People whose Wikidata entry gives College Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

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.

• Iowa State University Cemetery

  Ames, IA
  Cemetery

  0.0 mi
• Ontario Cemetery

  Ames, IA
  Cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Ames Municipal Cemetery

  Ames, IA
  Municipal cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Cory Family Cemetery

  Ames, IA
  Family cemetery

  3.2 mi
• Sunday Cemetery

  Ames, IA
  Cemetery

  3.2 mi
• Story Memorial Gardens Cemetery

  Ames, IA
  Memorial park

  3.4 mi
• Bloomington Cemetery

  Ames, IA
  Cemetery

  3.7 mi
• Olive Branch Cemetery

  Ames, IA
  Cemetery

  4.6 mi
• Arrasmith Cemetery

  Ames, IA
  Cemetery

  4.8 mi
• McMichael Cemetery

  Ames, IA
  Cemetery

  4.9 mi

• Grandon Funeral & Cremation

  Cremation provider · Ames · (515) 292-2273
  2.0 mi
• Adams Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Ames · (515) 232-5121
  2.2 mi
• Stevens Memorial Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Ames · (515) 232-5473
  2.2 mi
• Ames Monument & Cremation Center

  Cremation provider · Ames · (515) 233-3449
  2.7 mi
• Cremation Center of Iowa

  Cremation provider · Ames · (515) 890-1273
  4.2 mi
• Nevada Monument Co

  Monument dealer · Nevada · (515) 382-2442
  9.8 mi

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