About West Union Cemetery
West Union Cemetery is a cemetery near Creston, Union County, Iowa. It lies about 15 mi west of Creston. The grounds sit at about 1,181 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 462923. The nearest other listed cemetery is Otterbein Cemetery, about 1.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Powers Funeral Home and Crematory in Afton, about 6.7 mi away. It is one of 37 cemeteries we list in Union County, and 26 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 37 listings in Union County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Creston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.01962, -94.07206
What West Union 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
- Otterbein CemeteryCreston, IACemetery1.7 mi
- Thayer CemeteryOsceola, IACemetery2.3 mi
- Claypool CemeteryOsceola, IACemetery2.4 mi
- Browns Mountain CemeteryCreston, IACemetery2.6 mi
- Mount Pisgah CemeteryCreston, IACemetery2.6 mi
- Beulah CemeteryCreston, IACemetery2.8 mi
- Bethel CemeteryCreston, IACemetery2.8 mi
- Olinger CemeteryOsceola, IACemetery4.2 mi
- Norris Family CemeteryCreston, IAFamily cemetery4.6 mi
- Troy CemeteryOsceola, IACemetery4.6 mi
Funeral homes near West Union Cemetery
- Powers Funeral Home and Crematory6.7 miCremation provider · Afton · (641) 347-8725
- Powers Funeral Home Crematory16 miCremation provider · Creston · (641) 782-7036
- Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center16 miFuneral home · Creston · (641) 782-6555
- Fredricksen Memorials16 miMonument dealer · Creston · (641) 782-8578
- Kale Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Osceola · (641) 342-2146
- Kale Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Truro · (641) 765-4747
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