About Sims Cemetery
Sims Cemetery is a cemetery near Pleasant Hill, Polk County, Iowa. It lies about 1.7 mi southeast of Pleasant Hill. The grounds sit at about 938 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 461648. The nearest other listed cemetery is Laurel Hill Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Iles Grandview Park Funeral Home in Des Moines, about 1.7 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in Polk County, and 39 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
41.60031, -93.54425
What Sims 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
- Laurel Hill CemeteryPleasant Hill, IACemetery0.8 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryPleasant Hill, IACemetery1.5 mi
- Children of Israel CemeteryDes Moines, IACemetery1.9 mi
- Harvey CemeteryPleasant Hill, IACemetery2.3 mi
- Rising Sun CemeteryPleasant Hill, IACemetery3.2 mi
- Avon CemeteryCarlisle, IACemetery4.8 mi
- Berwick CemeteryDes Moines, IACemetery5.1 mi
- Saint Ambrose CemeteryDes Moines, IACatholic cemetery5.3 mi
- Woodland CemeteryDes Moines, IAChurch cemetery5.4 mi
- Emanuel CemeteryDes Moines, IACemetery5.4 mi
Funeral homes near Sims Cemetery
- Iles Grandview Park Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 265-1652
- Hamilton's Funeral Home3.5 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 243-5221
- Arnold's Highland Park Funeral Home4.6 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 288-6551
- Hendersons Funeral & Cremation Care4.6 miCremation provider · Des Moines · (515) 309-6550
- The Cremation Society of Iowa4.6 miCremation provider · Des Moines · (515) 277-8700
- Tonini Chapel4.6 miFuneral home · Des Moines · (515) 282-7311
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