About Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Cemetery is a cemetery near Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa. It lies about 7.6 mi west of Independence. The grounds sit at about 1,020 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Gilbert Carson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 456494. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Patricks Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fawcett-Schmitz Funeral Home in Winthrop, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 42 cemeteries we list in Buchanan County, and 21 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Independence. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fairview Cemetery
- Gilbert Carson1901-1988College football and basketball coach
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fairview 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
42.46911, -91.74109
What Fairview 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
- Saint Patricks CemeteryIndependence, IACemetery0.5 mi
- Fremont Township CemeteryIndependence, IAMunicipal cemetery2.6 mi
- Hickory Grove CemeteryIndependence, IACemetery3.4 mi
- Payne CemeteryIndependence, IACemetery3.5 mi
- Byron Township CemeteryIndependence, IAMunicipal cemetery4.1 mi
- Byron CemeteryIndependence, IACemetery4.1 mi
- Pine Creek CemeteryIndependence, IACemetery4.3 mi
- Quasqueton CemeteryIndependence, IACemetery5.0 mi
- Wilson CemeteryIndependence, IACemetery5.7 mi
- German Catholic CemeteryIndependence, IACatholic cemetery6.7 mi
Funeral homes near Fairview Cemetery
- Fawcett-Schmitz Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Winthrop · (319) 935-3327
- Reiff Family Center - Funeral Home, Crematory & Event Center7.7 miCremation provider · Independence · (319) 334-2501
- White Funeral Home8.0 miFuneral home · Independence · (319) 334-2595
- Independence Monument8.1 miMonument dealer · Independence · (319) 334-6257
- Floral Hills Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Hazleton · (319) 283-4922
- Bohnenkamp-murdoch Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Manchester · (563) 927-2315
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