About Sterling Cemetery
Sterling Cemetery is a cemetery near Preston, Jackson County, Iowa. It lies about 8.5 mi west of Preston. The grounds sit at about 869 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 461988. The nearest other listed cemetery is Canada Hollow Cemetery, about 2.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Law-Jones Funeral Home in Savanna, about 5.3 mi away. It is one of 102 cemeteries we list in Jackson County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Preston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.07650, -90.25264
What Sterling 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
- Canada Hollow CemeteryPreston, IACemetery2.3 mi
- Horst Farm CemeteryPreston, IACemetery2.3 mi
- Dickinson CemeteryPreston, IACemetery2.3 mi
- Fairview CemeteryPreston, IACemetery2.3 mi
- Schroeder Farm CemeteryPreston, IACemetery2.7 mi
- Saint Peters Catholic CemeteryPreston, IACatholic cemetery2.8 mi
- Simpson CemeteryClinton, IACemetery3.0 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryPreston, IACemetery3.4 mi
- Miles CemeteryPreston, IACemetery3.5 mi
- Watts Farm CemeteryPreston, IACemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Sterling Cemetery
- Law-Jones Funeral Home5.3 miFuneral home · Savanna · (800) 525-2264
- Law Jones Cremation & Funeral Care12 miCremation provider · Thomson · (815) 259-2040
- Law Jones Cremation & Funeral Care13 miCremation provider · Hanover · (815) 591-3317
- Pape Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Clinton · (563) 242-3344
- Lemke Funeral Homes15 miCremation provider · Clinton · (563) 242-0853
- Bosma Renkes Funeral Homes15 miFuneral home · Fulton · (815) 589-2244
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