About West Union Cemetery
West Union Cemetery is a cemetery near Traer, Tama County, Iowa. It lies about 1.3 mi northwest of Traer. The grounds sit at about 935 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 462925. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Pauls Catholic Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Overton Funeral Homes in Traer, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 72 cemeteries we list in Tama County, and 26 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Traer. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.18132, -92.44528
What West Union 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 Pauls Catholic CemeteryTraer, IACatholic cemetery1.2 mi
- Buckingham CemeteryTraer, IACemetery2.3 mi
- Bakers Grove CemeteryTraer, IACemetery4.9 mi
- Larch Hill CemeteryTraer, IACemetery5.7 mi
- Oneida CemeteryDysart, IACemetery6.1 mi
- Dinsdale CemeteryTraer, IACemetery6.4 mi
- Saint Vaclav Catholic CemeteryTraer, IACatholic cemetery6.5 mi
- Dysart CemeteryDysart, IACemetery6.6 mi
- Saint Josephs Catholic CemeteryDysart, IACatholic cemetery7.5 mi
- Clutier CemeteryDysart, IACemetery7.7 mi
Funeral homes near West Union Cemetery
- Overton Funeral Homes1.2 miFuneral home · Traer · (319) 478-2775
- Overton Funeral Home7.0 miFuneral home · Dysart · (319) 476-7355
- French-Hand Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Reinbeck · (319) 345-2622
- Anderson Funeral Homes14 miFuneral home · Gladbrook · (641) 473-2282
- La Porte City Funeral Home (Locke in LaPorte City)16 miFuneral home · La Porte City · (319) 342-3131
- Kruse-Phillips Funeral Homes16 miFuneral home · Tama · (641) 484-3400
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