About Watkins Cemetery
Watkins Cemetery is a cemetery near Elkader, Clayton County, Iowa. It lies about 5.6 mi northeast of Elkader. The grounds sit at about 863 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1949298. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cords Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Leonard-Muller Funeral Home in Edgewood, about 9.9 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Clayton County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Elkader. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.78332, -91.45847
What Watkins 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
- Cords CemeteryElkader, IACemetery1.4 mi
- Osborne CemeteryElkader, IACemetery1.4 mi
- Dohrer CemeteryElkader, IACemetery2.0 mi
- Meyer CemeteryElkader, IACemetery2.2 mi
- Schmidt CemeteryElkader, IACemetery2.3 mi
- Mederville CemeteryElkader, IACemetery2.4 mi
- Sacred Heart CemeteryStrawberry Point, IACemetery2.6 mi
- Ross CemeteryStrawberry Point, IACemetery2.8 mi
- Erhardt CemeteryElkader, IACemetery3.0 mi
- Hartmann CemeteryElkader, IACemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near Watkins Cemetery
- Leonard-Muller Funeral Home9.9 miFuneral home · Edgewood · (563) 928-7042
- Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Arlington · (563) 633-2585
- Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Garnavillo · (563) 964-2201
- Morris Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Guttenberg · (563) 252-1842
- Leonard-Grau Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Monona · (563) 539-2170
- Leonard-Muller Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Manchester · (563) 927-3112
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