About Swede Cemetery
Swede Cemetery is a cemetery near Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. It lies about 4.7 mi northeast of Burlington. The grounds sit at about 666 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1995148. The nearest other listed cemetery is Shiloh Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Prugh Funeral Service in Burlington, about 2.9 mi away. It is one of 96 cemeteries we list in Des Moines County, and 78 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, -91.19181
What Swede 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
- Shiloh CemeteryBurlington, IACemetery1.1 mi
- Porter CemeteryBurlington, IACemetery1.2 mi
- Spring Creek CemeteryWest Burlington, IACemetery1.6 mi
- Rock Spring CemeteryBurlington, IACemetery1.6 mi
- Miller Family PlotBurlington, IAFamily cemetery2.1 mi
- Old County Home CemeteryWest Burlington, IACemetery2.1 mi
- Mormon CemeteryBurlington, IACemetery2.2 mi
- Mohnike CemeteryBurlington, IACemetery2.7 mi
- Elliott CemeteryBurlington, IACemetery2.9 mi
- Spring Grove CemeteryBurlington, IACemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Swede Cemetery
- Prugh Funeral Service2.9 miFuneral home · Burlington · (319) 752-2828
- Lunning Funeral Chapel4.6 miFuneral chapel · Burlington · (319) 752-2771
- Prugh Funeral Service5.2 miFuneral home · Burlington · (319) 754-8241
- Leyda, Burrus & Metz Monuments5.3 miMonument dealer · Burlington · (319) 752-4654
- Banks & Beals Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Dallas City · (217) 852-3515
- Barr Memorial Chapel12 miFuneral chapel · Fort Madison · (319) 372-5664
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