About Monroe Cemetery
Monroe Cemetery is a cemetery near Avoca, Shelby County, Iowa. It lies about 9.3 mi southwest of Avoca. The grounds sit at about 1,332 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1982871. The nearest other listed cemetery is Layton Township Cemetery, about 4.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Heartland Funeral & Cremation Services in Harlan, about 11 mi away. It is one of 36 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 18 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Avoca. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.53100, -95.17357
What Monroe 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
- Layton Township CemeteryAvoca, IAMunicipal cemetery4.2 mi
- Saint Patricks Catholic CemeteryAvoca, IACatholic cemetery4.4 mi
- Cuppys Grove CemeteryHarlan, IACemetery4.9 mi
- Clay Township CemeteryAtlantic, IAMunicipal cemetery4.9 mi
- Carlsen - Larsen CemeteryAtlantic, IACemetery6.0 mi
- Brighton CemeteryAtlantic, IACemetery6.1 mi
- Jacobson CemeteryAvoca, IACemetery6.5 mi
- Lee CemeteryAvoca, IACemetery6.6 mi
- Folck CemeteryHarlan, IACemetery6.9 mi
- Elk Horn CemeteryAudubon, IACemetery7.4 mi
Funeral homes near Monroe Cemetery
- Heartland Funeral & Cremation Services11 miCremation provider · Harlan · (712) 755-3177
- Pauley Jones Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Harlan · (712) 755-3135
- Sondag Monument12 miMonument dealer · Harlan · (712) 733-9741
- Roland Funeral Service12 miFuneral home · Atlantic · (712) 243-5492
- Schmidt Family Funeral Homes13 miFuneral home · Atlantic · (712) 243-4111
- Schmidt Family Funeral Home (kessler)16 miFuneral home · Exira · (712) 268-2662
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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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