About Harlan Cemetery
Harlan Cemetery is a cemetery near Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa. The grounds sit at about 1,322 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Nelson G. Kraschel and Edwin Augustus Moore. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1982664. The nearest other listed cemetery is Rabbit Hallow Cemetery, about 3.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 36 cemeteries we list in Shelby County, and 19 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Harlan. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Harlan Cemetery
Among them: 1 governor, 1 physician.
- Nelson G. Kraschel1889-1957American politician
- Edwin Augustus Moore1872-1941American politician and physician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Harlan Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
41.65928, -95.32789
What Harlan 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
- Rabbit Hallow CemeteryHarlan, IACemetery3.4 mi
- Lincoln Township CemeteryHarlan, IAMunicipal cemetery4.0 mi
- Fairview Township CemeteryHarlan, IAMunicipal cemetery5.1 mi
- Saint Boniface CemeteryHarlan, IACatholic cemetery5.5 mi
- Rose Hill CemeteryHarlan, IACemetery5.6 mi
- Folck CemeteryHarlan, IACemetery5.7 mi
- Bowmans Grove CemeteryHarlan, IACemetery5.9 mi
- Lee CemeteryAvoca, IACemetery7.3 mi
- Cuppys Grove CemeteryHarlan, IACemetery7.5 mi
- Slates CemeteryHarlan, IACemetery8.0 mi
Funeral homes near Harlan Cemetery
- Sondag Monument0.4 miMonument dealer · Harlan · (712) 733-9741
- Pauley Jones Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Harlan · (712) 755-3135
- Heartland Funeral & Cremation Services0.8 miCremation provider · Harlan · (712) 755-3177
- Fouts Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Dunlap · (712) 643-5123
- Fouts Funeral Home, Inc20 miFuneral home · Woodbine · (712) 647-2221
- Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Homes21 miFuneral home · Audubon
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