About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa. It lies about 1.3 mi east of Muscatine. The grounds sit at about 718 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Joseph A. Green and Edgar W. Timm. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 457130. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Mary's Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wittich Ralph J-Riley-Freers Funeral Home in Muscatine, about 1.1 mi away. It is one of 49 cemeteries we list in Muscatine County, and 24 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Muscatine. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
- Joseph A. Green1814-1876American politician
- Edgar W. Timm1916-1942American geneticist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
41.41912, -91.06697
What Greenwood 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 Mary's CemeteryMuscatine, IACemetery0.5 mi
- Country Home CemeteryMuscatine, IACemetery1.5 mi
- Memorial Park CemeteryMuscatine, IAMemorial park1.8 mi
- Jewish CemeteryMuscatine, IAJewish cemetery3.6 mi
- Gilbert CemeteryMuscatine, IACemetery3.6 mi
- Friends CemeteryMuscatine, IACemetery4.3 mi
- Island CemeteryMuscatine, IACemetery4.8 mi
- Reynolds CemeteryAndalusia, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- High Prairie CemeteryMuscatine, IACemetery5.2 mi
- Houtz CemeteryMuscatine, IACemetery6.9 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Iowa Memorial Granite0.2 miMonument dealer · Muscatine · (563) 263-5484
- Wittich Ralph J-Riley-Freers Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Muscatine · (563) 263-3314
- Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Muscatine · (563) 263-3314
- Nichols Life Tribute Funeral and Cremation Services Muscatine1.3 miCremation provider · Muscatine · (563) 263-0842
- Snyder & Hollenbaugh Funeral & Cremation Services1.7 miCremation provider · Muscatine · (563) 263-8112
- Bentley Funeral Homes Inc12 miFuneral home · Wilton · (563) 732-2272
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