About Marcus - Amherst Cemetery
Marcus - Amherst Cemetery is a cemetery near Marcus, Cherokee County, Iowa. It lies about 0.8 mi northwest of Marcus. The grounds sit at about 1,467 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 458800. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holy Name Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Greenwood-schubert Funeral Home in Marcus, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 25 cemeteries we list in Cherokee County, and 9 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Marcus. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.81589, -95.80135
What Marcus - Amherst 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
- Holy Name CemeteryMarcus, IACemetery0.1 mi
- Trinity CemeteryMarcus, IACemetery5.7 mi
- Maryhill Visitation CemeteryCherokee, IACemetery7.9 mi
- Meriden CemeteryCherokee, IACemetery8.3 mi
- Liberty CemeteryCherokee, IACemetery8.5 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryRemsen, IACemetery9.0 mi
- Remsen CemeteryRemsen, IACemetery9.0 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryKingsley, IACemetery9.4 mi
- Saint John CemeteryPaullina, IACemetery9.8 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryCherokee, IACemetery10 mi
Funeral homes near Marcus - Amherst Cemetery
- Greenwood-schubert Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Marcus · (712) 225-4886
- Fisch Funeral Home & Monument LLC8.7 miFuneral home · Remsen · (712) 786-2333
- Eldridge Family Funeral Homes/Vander Ploeg Funeral Homes13 miFuneral home · Paullina · (712) 448-3820
- Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Cherokee · (712) 225-4886
- Boothby Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Cherokee · (712) 225-3496
- Johnson - Earnest Funeral Home18 miFuneral home · Kingsley · (712) 312-1162
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.