About Platte River Cemetery
Platte River Cemetery is a cemetery near Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. It lies about 11 mi east of Mount Ayr. The grounds sit at about 1,184 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1822844. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Marys Cemetery, about 2.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Armstrong Funeral Home in Mt Ayr, about 11 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Ringgold County, and 20 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
40.67633, -94.43822
What Platte River 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
- Saint Marys CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery2.3 mi
- Forrest Home CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery3.3 mi
- Rosehill CemeteryBedford, IACemetery4.8 mi
- Benton CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery5.2 mi
- Redding CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery5.9 mi
- Fairview CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery6.1 mi
- Marshalltown CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery6.5 mi
- Platteville CemeteryBedford, IACemetery6.9 mi
- Dead Mans Cut CemeteryMount Ayr, IACemetery7.1 mi
- Tent Chapel CemeteryBedford, IAChurch cemetery7.2 mi
Funeral homes near Platte River Cemetery
- Armstrong Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Mt Ayr · (641) 464-3413
- Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Grant City · (660) 564-3388
- Andrews-Hann Funeral Home, LLC13 miFuneral home · Grant City · (660) 254-4144
- Cummings Family Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Bedford · (712) 523-3312
- Eickemeyer Funeral Chapel15 miFuneral chapel · Bedford · (712) 523-2662
- Lenox Monument16 miMonument dealer · Lenox · (641) 202-6881
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