About Burge Cemetery
Burge Cemetery is a cemetery near New London, Henry County, Iowa. It lies about 1.0 mi east of New London. The grounds sit at about 771 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Fred Ekstrand. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1823565. The nearest other listed cemetery is Brooks Cemetery, about 1.5 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Elliott Chapel in New London, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 85 cemeteries we list in Henry County, and 57 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New London. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Burge Cemetery
- Fred Ekstrand1899-1972American football coach
People whose Wikidata entry gives Burge 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
40.93199, -91.41794
What Burge 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
- Brooks CemeteryNew London, IACemetery1.5 mi
- Farlow CemeteryNew London, IACemetery2.3 mi
- Ferrel CemeteryNew London, IACemetery2.4 mi
- Ramsey CemeteryNew London, IACemetery4.2 mi
- Beery CemeteryNew London, IACemetery4.7 mi
- Millersburg CemeteryNew London, IACemetery4.9 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryMount Pleasant, IACemetery4.9 mi
- Abraham Farm CemeteryMount Pleasant, IACemetery5.3 mi
- Carter CemeteryNew London, IACemetery5.5 mi
- Pleasant Grove CemeteryNew London, IACemetery5.6 mi
Funeral homes near Burge Cemetery
- Elliott Chapel1.2 miFuneral home · New London · (319) 367-5211
- Olson-Yoder Funeral Home and Crematory7.1 miCremation provider · Mt Pleasant · (319) 385-1998
- Olson-powell Memorial Chapel7.1 miFuneral chapel · Mt Pleasant · (888) 405-9005
- Powell Funeral Homes7.1 miFuneral home · Mount Pleasant
- Whitney Monument Works - Mt. Pleasant7.5 miMonument dealer · Mount Pleasant · (319) 385-8421
- Kimzey Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · Mt Pleasant · (319) 385-2244
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