About Porter Cemetery
Porter Cemetery is a cemetery near Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. It lies about 3.7 mi northeast of Burlington. The grounds sit at about 669 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1995147. The nearest other listed cemetery is Swede Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Prugh Funeral Service in Burlington, about 2.3 mi away. It is one of 96 cemeteries we list in Des Moines County, and 71 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Burlington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.77504, -91.16959
What Porter 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
- Swede CemeteryBurlington, IACemetery1.2 mi
- Spring Creek CemeteryWest Burlington, IACemetery1.9 mi
- Rock Spring CemeteryBurlington, IACemetery2.0 mi
- Shiloh CemeteryBurlington, IACemetery2.1 mi
- Miller Family PlotBurlington, IAFamily cemetery2.4 mi
- Chandler CemeteryBurlington, IACemetery2.5 mi
- Old County Home CemeteryWest Burlington, IACemetery2.7 mi
- Spring Grove CemeteryBurlington, IACemetery2.8 mi
- Mohnike CemeteryBurlington, IACemetery3.1 mi
- Sourwine CemeteryBurlington, IACemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Porter Cemetery
- Prugh Funeral Service2.3 miFuneral home · Burlington · (319) 752-2828
- Lunning Funeral Chapel3.9 miFuneral chapel · Burlington · (319) 752-2771
- Prugh Funeral Service4.2 miFuneral home · Burlington · (319) 754-8241
- Leyda, Burrus & Metz Monuments4.5 miMonument dealer · Burlington · (319) 752-4654
- Banks & Beals Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Dallas City · (217) 852-3515
- Barr Memorial Chapel13 miFuneral chapel · Fort Madison · (319) 372-5664
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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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