About Franklin Cemetery
Franklin Cemetery is a cemetery near Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa. It lies about 3.4 mi south of Mitchellville. The grounds sit at about 860 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 456726. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mitchellville Cemetery, about 3.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hamilton's Altoona Funeral Home in Altoona, about 6.3 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in Polk County, and 31 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, Mitchellville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.71451, -93.38016
What Franklin 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
- Mitchellville CemeteryMitchellville, IACemetery3.3 mi
- Bondurant CemeteryBondurant, IACemetery3.9 mi
- Sams CemeteryColfax, IACemetery4.6 mi
- Altoona CemeteryAltoona, IACemetery5.2 mi
- New Altoona CemeteryAltoona, IACemetery5.5 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryBondurant, IACemetery5.6 mi
- Graham CemeteryMitchellville, IACemetery5.8 mi
- Shipp CemeteryColfax, IACemetery6.0 mi
- Greencastle CemeteryColfax, IACemetery6.2 mi
- Farrar CemeteryBondurant, IACemetery6.3 mi
Funeral homes near Franklin Cemetery
- Hamilton's Altoona Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Altoona · (515) 967-4272
- Coburn Funeral Homes7.4 miFuneral home · Colfax · (515) 674-3155
- Iles Grandview Park Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 265-1652
- Walters-Coburn Funeral Homes11 miFuneral home · Prairie City · (515) 994-2727
- Ankeny Cremation & Funeral Care11 miCremation provider · Ankeny · (515) 964-4433
- Memorial Services Of Iowa12 miFuneral home · Ankeny · (515) 964-0592
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