About Pontoppidan Cemetery
Pontoppidan Cemetery is a cemetery near Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. It lies about 7.9 mi west of Decorah. The grounds sit at about 1,161 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 460356. The nearest other listed cemetery is Scandinavian Methodist - Episcopal Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Schluter & Balik Funeral Home in Decorah, about 7.6 mi away. It is one of 94 cemeteries we list in Winneshiek County, and 39 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Decorah. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
43.27467, -91.63409
What Pontoppidan 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
- Scandinavian Methodist - Episcopal CemeteryDecorah, IAMethodist cemetery0.4 mi
- Glenwood Lutheran CemeteryDecorah, IALutheran cemetery0.5 mi
- East Glenwood CemeteryWaukon, IACemetery1.0 mi
- Glenwood CemeteryDecorah, IACemetery2.6 mi
- Pagin CemeteryDecorah, IACemetery3.0 mi
- West Ridge CemeteryWaukon, IACatholic cemetery3.4 mi
- Salem United CemeteryWaukon, IAChristian cemetery3.9 mi
- Pioneer CemeteryDecorah, IACemetery4.7 mi
- North Washington Prairie CemeteryDecorah, IACemetery4.7 mi
- Zalmona CemeteryWaukon, IAChristian cemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Pontoppidan Cemetery
- Bahr Memorials6.9 miMonument dealer · Waukon · (563) 568-7401
- Schluter & Balik Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Decorah · (563) 382-8651
- Helms Funeral Home7.7 miFuneral home · Decorah · (563) 382-8651
- Fjelstul Funeral Home7.7 miFuneral home · Decorah · (563) 382-5210
- Martin Funeral Home8.0 miFuneral home · Waukon · (563) 568-3162
- Bahr Memorials8.1 miMonument dealer · Waukon · (563) 568-7401
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