About Remsen Cemetery
Remsen Cemetery is a cemetery near Remsen, Plymouth County, Iowa. It lies about 0.7 mi north of Remsen. The grounds sit at about 1,391 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Hortense Calisher. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 460585. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Mary's Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Fisch Funeral Home & Monument LLC in Remsen, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 37 cemeteries we list in Plymouth County, and 12 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Remsen. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Remsen Cemetery
Among them: 1 writer.
- Hortense Calisher1911-2009American novelist, short story writer, and memoirist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Remsen 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
42.80581, -95.97779
What Remsen 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 CemeteryRemsen, IACemetery0.1 mi
- Saint Catherines CemeteryRemsen, IACemetery4.2 mi
- Union CemeteryKingsley, IACemetery8.3 mi
- Seney CemeteryLe Mars, IACemetery8.4 mi
- Memorial CemeteryLe Mars, IACemetery8.9 mi
- Holy Name CemeteryMarcus, IACemetery8.9 mi
- Calvary CemeteryLe Mars, IACatholic cemetery8.9 mi
- Marcus - Amherst CemeteryMarcus, IACemetery9.0 mi
- Pleasant Hill CemeteryKingsley, IACemetery9.3 mi
- Trinity CemeteryMarcus, IACemetery9.4 mi
Funeral homes near Remsen Cemetery
- Fisch Funeral Home & Monument LLC0.6 miFuneral home · Remsen · (712) 786-2333
- Greenwood-schubert Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Marcus · (712) 225-4886
- Rexwinkel Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Le Mars · (712) 546-7107
- Mauer-johnson Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Le Mars · (712) 546-4903
- Oolman Funeral Homes15 miFuneral home · Orange City · (712) 737-2213
- Johnson - Earnest Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Kingsley · (712) 312-1162
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