About Benton Cemetery
Benton Cemetery is a cemetery near Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. It lies about 6.4 mi east of Mount Ayr. The grounds sit at about 1,142 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1822834. The nearest other listed cemetery is Marshalltown Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Armstrong Funeral Home in Mt Ayr, about 6.2 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Ringgold County, and 21 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mount Ayr. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.71937, -94.35680
What Benton 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
- Marshalltown CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery1.5 mi
- Dead Mans Cut CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery2.6 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery3.3 mi
- Bohemian CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery4.5 mi
- Forrest Home CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery5.0 mi
- Bethel CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery5.0 mi
- Platte River CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery5.2 mi
- Diagonal CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery5.3 mi
- Cabaret CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery5.7 mi
- Oak Ridge CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Benton Cemetery
- Armstrong Funeral Home6.2 miFuneral home · Mt Ayr · (641) 464-3413
- Ritchie Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Lenox · (641) 333-4501
- Lenox Monument16 miMonument dealer · Lenox · (641) 202-6881
- Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Grant City · (660) 564-3388
- Andrews-Hann Funeral Home, LLC16 miFuneral home · Grant City · (660) 254-4144
- Cummings Family Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Bedford · (712) 523-3312
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