About Alden Cemetery
Alden Cemetery is a cemetery near Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa. It lies about 6.9 mi east of Iowa Falls. The grounds sit at about 1,152 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Leicester Hemingway and Henry Alden. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1997709. The nearest other listed cemetery is Buckeye Cemetery, about 5.0 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Linn's Funeral Home & Monument Sales in Iowa Falls, about 5.6 mi away. It is one of 51 cemeteries we list in Hardin County, and 10 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Iowa Falls. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Alden Cemetery
Among them: 1 writer.
- Leicester Hemingway1915-1982American writer
- Henry Alden1801-18771801 - 1877, founder of Alden, Iowa
People whose Wikidata entry gives Alden 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
42.52261, -93.38674
What Alden 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
- Buckeye CemeteryIowa Falls, IACemetery5.0 mi
- Oakland Valley CemeteryIowa Falls, IACemetery5.0 mi
- Oak Hill CemeteryIowa Falls, IACemetery5.0 mi
- Union CemeteryIowa Falls, IACemetery5.9 mi
- Saint Mark's CemeteryIowa Falls, IACemetery5.9 mi
- Northlawn Memory Gardens CemeteryIowa Falls, IACemetery6.5 mi
- Friends CemeteryIowa Falls, IACemetery7.6 mi
- Otis Grove CemeteryIowa Falls, IACemetery8.3 mi
- Olson CemeteryIowa Falls, IACemetery8.5 mi
- Cottage CemeteryIowa Falls, IACemetery9.0 mi
Funeral homes near Alden Cemetery
- Linn's Funeral Home & Monument Sales5.6 miFuneral home · Iowa Falls · (641) 648-2569
- Surls Funeral Home and Cremation Service6.2 miFuneral home · Iowa Falls · (641) 648-9554
- Woodley Funeral Home and Crematory6.4 miCremation provider · Iowa Falls · (641) 648-7700
- Surls Funeral Chapel8.4 miFuneral chapel · Williams · (515) 854-2288
- Ewing Funeral Home & Monument Company11 miFuneral home · Dows · (515) 532-2233
- Boeke Funeral Homes16 miFuneral home · Hubbard · (641) 864-2215
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