About Rising Sun Cemetery
Rising Sun Cemetery is a cemetery near Pleasant Hill, Polk County, Iowa. It lies about 2.3 mi southwest of Pleasant Hill. The grounds sit at about 968 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2047878. The nearest other listed cemetery is Harvey Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hamilton's Altoona Funeral Home in Altoona, about 3.5 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in Polk County, and 35 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, Pleasant Hill. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.59952, -93.48140
What Rising Sun 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
- Harvey CemeteryPleasant Hill, IACemetery1.6 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryPleasant Hill, IACemetery2.6 mi
- Stuart CemeteryPleasant Hill, IACemetery2.8 mi
- Canfield CemeteryAltoona, IACemetery2.9 mi
- Laurel Hill CemeteryPleasant Hill, IACemetery3.2 mi
- Sims CemeteryPleasant Hill, IACemetery3.2 mi
- New Altoona CemeteryAltoona, IACemetery4.1 mi
- Altoona CemeteryAltoona, IACemetery4.4 mi
- Warren - Powers CemeteryCarlisle, IACemetery4.9 mi
- Children of Israel CemeteryDes Moines, IACemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Rising Sun Cemetery
- Hamilton's Altoona Funeral Home3.5 miFuneral home · Altoona · (515) 967-4272
- Iles Grandview Park Funeral Home4.1 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 265-1652
- Hamilton's Funeral Home6.7 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 243-5221
- Peterson Funeral Services7.0 miFuneral home · Carlisle · (515) 989-3510
- The Cremation Society of Iowa7.6 miCremation provider · Des Moines · (515) 277-8700
- Tonini Chapel7.6 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 282-7311
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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