About Greenwood Friends Cemetery
Greenwood Friends Cemetery is a cemetery near Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa. It lies about 3.1 mi northwest of Ankeny. The grounds sit at about 896 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 457131. The nearest other listed cemetery is Enterprise Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the north. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Ankeny Cremation & Funeral Care in Ankeny, about 2.7 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in Polk County, and 43 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 71 listings in Polk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ankeny. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.70215, -93.55764
What Greenwood Friends 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
- Enterprise CemeteryAnkeny, IACemetery0.8 mi
- Oralabor CemeteryAnkeny, IACemetery1.8 mi
- Berwick CemeteryDes Moines, IACemetery2.0 mi
- Highland Memory GardensSaylorville, IACemetery3.9 mi
- Pine Hill CemeterySaylorville, IACemetery4.7 mi
- Ankeny Memorial Gardens CemeteryAnkeny, IAMemorial park4.9 mi
- Brethren CemeteryAnkeny, IACemetery5.1 mi
- Bretheran CemeteryAnkeny, IACemetery5.1 mi
- Bondurant CemeteryBondurant, IACemetery5.4 mi
- Elkhart CemeteryAnkeny, IACemetery6.5 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Friends Cemetery
- Ankeny Cremation & Funeral Care2.7 miCremation provider · Ankeny · (515) 964-4433
- Ankeny Funeral Home & Crematory3.9 miCremation provider · Ankeny · (515) 964-4674
- Memorial Services Of Iowa4.9 miFuneral home · Ankeny · (515) 964-0592
- Iles Grandview Park Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 265-1652
- Hamilton's Altoona Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · Altoona · (515) 967-4272
- Hendersons Funeral & Cremation Care6.3 miCremation provider · Des Moines · (515) 309-6550
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