About Rittgers Cemetery
Rittgers Cemetery is a cemetery near Johnston, Polk County, Iowa. It lies about 1.0 mi southwest of Johnston. The grounds sit at about 889 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 460646. The nearest other listed cemetery is Kinsey Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Merle Hay Funeral Home in Des Moines, about 3.0 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in Polk County, and 40 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 71 listings in Polk County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Johnston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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41.68219, -93.68396
What Rittgers 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
- Kinsey CemeteryJohnston, IACemetery0.9 mi
- Kinsey-Lawson Cemetery6025 Pine Ridge Street, Johnston, IACemetery0.9 mi
- Ridgedale Cemetery7655 Northwest Beaver Drive, Johnston, IACemetery1.5 mi
- Valley View Cemetery8450 Northwest Beaver Drive, Johnston, IACemetery2.8 mi
- McDivitt Grove CemeteryUrbandale, IACemetery3.0 mi
- Chapel Hill Gardens CemeteryUrbandale, IAChurch cemetery3.1 mi
- Pine Hill CemeterySaylorville, IACemetery3.3 mi
- Highland Memory GardensSaylorville, IACemetery3.6 mi
- Union CemeteryAnkeny, IACemetery4.1 mi
- Oralabor CemeteryAnkeny, IACemetery4.9 mi
Funeral homes near Rittgers Cemetery
- Merle Hay Funeral Home3.0 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 278-4633
- Iowa Funeral Planning3.1 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 218-8103
- Ankeny Funeral Home & Crematory4.7 miCremation provider · Ankeny · (515) 964-4674
- Iles Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Urbandale
- Iles Westover Funeral Home4.8 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 276-4567
- Hendersons Funeral & Cremation Care4.9 miCremation provider · Des Moines · (515) 309-6550
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