About Foreston Cemetery
Foreston Cemetery is a cemetery near Cresco, Howard County, Iowa. It lies about 9.1 mi southeast of Cresco. The grounds sit at about 1,237 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 456676. The nearest other listed cemetery is Pleasant Hill Cemetery, about 2.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home in Cresco, about 9.3 mi away. It is one of 19 cemeteries we list in Howard County, and 23 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cresco. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
43.47965, -92.23343
What Foreston 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
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryCresco, IACemetery2.7 mi
- Saetersdal Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran CemeteryPreston, MNLutheran cemetery3.6 mi
- Cedar Hill CemeteryCresco, IACemetery3.7 mi
- Canfield CemeterySpring Valley, MNCemetery3.9 mi
- Phillips CemeteryCresco, IACemetery4.1 mi
- Bristol Grove CemeteryPreston, MNCemetery4.7 mi
- Love CemeterySpring Valley, MNCemetery5.2 mi
- Albion Township CemeteryCresco, IAMunicipal cemetery5.3 mi
- Saint Mathews CemeteryPreston, MNCemetery5.3 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryPreston, MNCemetery5.7 mi
Funeral homes near Foreston Cemetery
- Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home9.3 miFuneral home · Cresco · (563) 547-3501
- Lindstrom Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Cresco · (563) 547-2323
- Lindstrom Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Preston
- Hindt Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Le Roy · (507) 324-5160
- Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Preston
- Hindt Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Spring Valley · (507) 346-7714
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